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NEW & RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1 Akira, Miyaji: ICONOLOGY OF PARINIRVANA AND MAITREYA. From India to Central Asia. Beijing, 2009.
2, 2, 26, 582 pp. 31 pp. b/w plates. B/w text illustrations and drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Translation into Chinese of a Japanese work published in 1992. Five page detailed list of contents in English and 17 page English translation of the conclusion of the book. Main text in Chinese.
2 Berliner, Nancy et al: THE EMPEROR’S PRIVATE PARADISE. Treasures from the Forbidden City. New
Haven, 2010. Cloth.
£45.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum providing an extraordinary glimpse into the imperial art and architecture from the Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, built as a retirement retreat for the Qianlong Emperor. Contains objects
from the Forbidden City which have never been shown before, including an extraordinary sixteen panel double-sided screen featuring full-length and life-size portraits of the sixteen Luohan. The screen is black lacquer, the luohan are inlaid in white jade and resemble
rubbings! Other exhibits include table screens, furniture, gilt-bronze statuary, calligraphy, paintings and ceramics. A marvellous ensemble. Detailed texts and essays accompany.
3 Bonanni, Filippo; Perugini, Flavia trans: TECHNIQUES OF CHINESE LACQUER. The Classic EighteenthCentury Treatise on Asian Varnish. Los Angeles, 2009. xii, 72 pp. 4 pp. b/w line drawings. 22x15 cm. Paper.
£17.99
The first English translation of the Jesuit Filippo Bonanni’s treatise, considered the most important and comprehensive early study of
Chinese lacquer in Europe. Relates various attempts to understand and analyse the then newly-imported Chinese lacquer and lists a
variety of European recipes developed as an alternative.
4 Chen Yongzhi ed: HELINGE’ER HAN MU BIHUA XIAOZI CHUANTU JILU. (A Visual Record of the Murals
Depicting Scenes of Filial Piety in the Han Dynasty Tomb at Helingeer). 和林格爾漢墓壁畫孝子傳圖輯錄 。
陳永志 主編. Beijing, 2009. 3, 194 pp. Colour plates throughout, a number full page. B/w plans. 35x27 cm.
Boards.
£110.00
A fine and very detailed visual record to a high standard of a series of remarkable wall paintings depicting scenes of filial piety found
in a Han tomb excavated 1972-73 at Helingeer in Inner Mongolia in China. A Sino-Japanese collaboration. Text in Chinese.
5 Cheng Chongxun: BAZHONG SHIKU. A Complete Listing of the Bazhong Grottoes. 巴中石窟 。 程崇勛 著.
Beijing, 2009. 434 pp. Numerous colour text plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£45.00
The little-known Bazhong Grottoes are located outside the town of Bazhong in Sichuan province and date from 514 A.D. onwards,
mostly containing Tang sculpture. . A detailed listing, cave by cave, of the Buddhist sculptures contained within. In Chinese.
6 Cultural Relics Bureau: 2009 ZHONGGUO ZHONGYAO KAOGU FAXIAN. Major Archaeological Discoveries
in China in 2009. Beijing, 2009. 181 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Well-produced and well-illustrated work on major archaeological discoveries in China in 2009. 36 sites are shown and described. List
of contents, descriptions of each find and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
7 Davison, Gerald: NEW AND REVISED HANDBOOK OF MARKS ON CHINESE CERAMICS. London,
2010. 310 pp. Illustrations of marks throughout. Cloth.
£45.00
Revised and much expanded edition of this extremely popular and useful guide. Contains illustration of almost 3400 marks that have
appeared on Chinese pottery and porcelain dating from the Tang dynasty through to the Republic period of the early 20th century. Includes Yixing pottery. The marks are translated into English and also have pinyin romanization. A detailed 70 page directory provides
a wide range of historical, mythological and dating information for marks as well as identifying the types of ware on which they appear. A prime reference and guide to the subject.
8 Deng Heying ed: NANSONG GUANYAO. (Wares from the Southern Song Official Kiln). 南宋官窯 。 鄧禾穎
主編. Hangzhou, 2009. 22 pp. text plus 151 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Very interesting and well-illustrated survey of Southern Song wares excavated in and around the site of the Southern Song official kiln
that produced the official or guanyao wares. Many fine pieces reconstructed from sherds. Good nine page introduction in English. Main
text in Chinese.
9 Edo-Tokyo Museum: BEAUTIFUL SHIN-HANGA — REVITALIZATION OF UKIYO-E. Tokyo, 2009. 278
pp. 105 pp. Colour plates throughout. A number of b/w plates and text illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£70.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing Shin-Hanga — woodblock prints produced during the Taisho and early Showa reigns that utilised
traditional production techniques and showed a wealth of both traditional and new subjects influenced by the opening and modernisation of Japan at the time. Introductions, brief essays, list of plates and captions to colour plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
10 Gu Fang ed: ZHONGGUO CHUANSHI YUQI QUANJI. Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections.
中國傳世玉器全集 。 古方 主編. Beijing, 20010. vi, 248; vi, 256; vi, 256; vi, 256; vi, 256; vi, 256; vi, 256; vi,
256 pp. Colour plates throughout each volume. 8 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£700.00
An excellent eight-volume work reference on jades in Chinese museums. A strength of this work is that, in addition to jades held in wellknown and published collections such as the Gugong Palace Museum in Beijing , there is much material shown from both large and
small regional museums that has seldom, if ever, been published before. Such smaller museums include, for example. the Xinxiang Museum (in Henan province), the Wuhan Museum, Fujian Museum, Baoji Bronze Museum, Hebei Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation and many more. Volumes arranged chronologically as follows:
Vol. 1: Neolithic Period, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States. Vol. 2: Warring States, Qin, Han, Three
Kingdoms, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Song. Vol. 3: Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming. Vol. 4: Ming. Vol. 5: Ming and
Qing. Vols. 6, 7 and 8: Qing.
Each volume comprises a six page list of contents in both Chinese and English followed by 256 pages of full page colour plates with
captions in both Chinese and English. The exception is the first volume which has slightly less at 248 pages of colour plates. Over 2000
very fine jades from across the dynasties are shown, including a large amount from the Qing dynasty.
Dual texts in Chinese and English throughout. The best and most accessible work we have seen on jades in Chinese museums and
an excellent visual reference.
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11 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI QI BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the
Palace Museum Part VII. 故宮書畫館 第七編. Beijing, 2009. 215 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
£60.00
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of the seventh part of an extensive and ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Gugong Museum collection, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. This selection is as good as all the previous, showing a further 64 wonderful works, the first
12 dating from the Eastern Jin to the Yuan, the remainder Ming and Qing. Many seldom-exhibited works. All paintings illustrated and
described. Forewords and list of plates with detailed descriptions in English. Main texts in Chinese
12 Huang Chunhe: HANCHUAN FOXIANG SHIDAI YU FENGGE. The Times and the Styles of Statues of Buddha
in Chinese Buddhism. 漢傳佛像時代與風格 。 黃春和 著. Beijing, 2010. 402 pp. Colour text plates throughout.
24x19 cm. Wrappers.
£45.00
A study of the chronological evolution and various styles of statues of the Buddha in China. Includes stone statuary plus figures in giltbronze and a few in other media. Well-illustrated. Detailed list of contents in English. Main text in Chinese.
13 Jiang Yili (Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth) & Gu Fang: YUQI SHIDAI: MEIGUO BOWUGUAN CANG
ZHONGGUO ZAOQI YUQI. The Jade Age: Early Chinese Jades in American Museums. 玉器時代 ：
美國博物館藏中國早期玉器 。 江伊莉 古方 著. Beijing, 2009. 404 pp. Colour plates throughout. Numerous
b/w text illustrations and drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£95.00
A well-illustrated survey of early Chinese jades held in American museums focussing on three late Neolithic jade-working cultures:
Hongshan, Liangzhu and Longshan, which flourished between 3500-2000 BC. Essays by Childs-Johnston, Gu Fang and Julia Murray. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
14 JIANGXI MINGDAI FAN WANG MU. (The Ming Dynasty Tomb of King Fan in Jiangxi Province).
江西明代藩王墓. Beijing, 2010. 9, 197 pp. text plus 50 pp. b/w plates and 82 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text
drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£65.00
Details the excavations of this rich tomb of the king of a Ming dynasty fiefdom in Jiangxi province. Many of the artefacts are illustrated,
including extensive amounts of gold jewellery and many appealing painted tomb figurines. Text in Chinese.
15 Kyoto National Museum: ON THE TRAIL OF TEXTS ALONG THE SILK ROAD. Russian Expeditions
Discoveries of Manuscripts in Central Asia. Kyoto, 2009. 206 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£65.00
Catalogue of a fine exhibition showing approximately 150 examples of printed documents and manuscripts found by Russian expeditions along the Silk Road at the beginning of the 20th century and held in the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. The majority featured in the Hermitage exhibition of 2008-9: ‘The Caves of a Thousand Buddhas:
Russian Expeditions on the Silk Road.’ Features documents written in various languages found in Khotan, Kucha, Karashar, Turfan,
Dunhuang and Khara-khoto dating from the first to twelfth centuries A.D. Preface, four page introduction and notes, plus 10 page list
of plates and descriptions in English. Main text in Japanese.
16 LAOHEKOU JIULISHAN QIN HAN MU. (Qin and Han Dynasty Tombs at Laohekou near Jiulishan).
老河口九里山秦漢墓. Beijing, 2009. 24, 528 pp. text plus 8 pp. colour and 114 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text
drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
Laohekou is located in the north-west of China’s Hubei province. This survey of Qin and Han dynasty tombs in the area is testament
to the extent of the population and its developed society at the time. Two page English abstract. Main detailed text in Chinese.
17 Lee Daehyung: THE KOREAN EYE. Contemporary Korean Artists. Milan, 2010.
389 pp. Colour plates throughout. 24x24 cm. Wrappers.
£39.95
Produced to accompany the exhibition ‘Korean Eye: Fantastic Ordinary’ at the Saatchi Gallery in
London, this well-illustrated work explores the contemporary Korean art scene. Showcases 75 of the
country’s leading artists and their work.
18 Lewis, Mark Edward: CHINA BETWEEN EMPIRES. The Northern and Southern
Dynasties. Harvard, 2009. 340 pp. A few b/w text illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£22.95
After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a North-South line. This work traces the changes that underlay and resulted
from this schism and provides a comprehensive treatment of Chinese history between A.D. 220 and 589.
19 Liang Ying ed: SHOU JIAN. (Discussions on Letter Papers). 說箋 。 梁穎 編著. Shanghai, 2007. 31,2 folded
leaves plus 82 pp. colour illustrations. 56 letter papers loose in folder. 30x21 cm. Stitched.
£175.00
A pleasing work discussing the history and use of the lovely and delicate Chinese letter papers used by the literati from the Ming dynasty through to the Republican period. Includes the famous Rongbaozhai works as well as lesser-known producers. Also discusses
the artists who created the delicate images. Well-illustrated. The work is accompanied by reproductions of letter papers made by famous artists of the Ming and Qing dynasties. A pleasing thing. All text in Chinese.
20 LIANGDAICUN RUIGUO MUDI: 2007 NIANDU FAJUE BAOGAO. Cemetery of Rui State at Liangdai
Village: an Excavation Report of 2007. 梁帶村芮國墓地 ： 2007年度發掘報告. Beijing, 2010. 19, 259 pp. text
plus 199 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 1 foldout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£105.00
Detailed excavation report on the important cemetery of the Rui State nobility located at Liangdai village in China’s Shaanxi province.
The tombs date from the Western Zhou and early Spring and Autumn period. The impressive finds (many here illustrated) included
numerous bronzes of many shapes and forms and small jades. Four page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
21 LU ZHONGNAN HAN MU. Han Tombs in Mid-Southern Shandong. 魯中南漢墓. Beijing, 2009. 29, 943 pp. text
plus 64 pp. colour and 131 pp. b/w plates. Numerous b/w text drawings, including 5 foldouts. 2 vols. 27x19 cm.
Cloth.
£150.00
A detailed survey of hundreds of Han dynasty tombs located in the middle and south of this historic province of eastern China. The
tombs are not of any great status but the tomb goods illustrated give much insight into the lives of the people at the time. In Chinese.
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22 LUOYANG CHUTU QINGTONGQI. (Bronzes Excavated at Luoyang). 洛陽出土青銅器. Beijing, 2006. 293 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 321 fine examples of ancient Chinese bronzes dating from the Xia, Shang and Zhou through to the Tang dynasty excavated in
and around the important city of Luoyang in China. The bronzes are held in various museums and institutions in Luoyang. Illustrated
throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
23 Lushun Museum ed: LUSHUN BOWUGUAN GUAN CANG WENWU XUANCUI: TAOCI JUAN. (Pottery
and Ceramics in the Collection of the Lushun Museum). 旅順博物館館藏文物選粹 ： 陶瓷卷. Beijing, 2008.
192 pp. Colour plates throughout. 20x14 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
A well-illustrated survey of the Chinese ceramics collection of the Lushun Museum in Dalian, China. 169 fine examples are illustrated
dating from the Neolithic period through to the end of the Qing dynasty. The majority Ming and Qing dynasty and nearly all pieces
never published before. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
24 MAIJISHAN SHIKU YANJIU. (Research into the Maijishan Sculptural Complex). 麥積山石窟研究. Beijing,
2010. 3, 1, 3, 403 pp. Numerous b/w text illustrations and drawings. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£37.00
Eighteen papers on detailed aspects of research pertaining to the Maijishan Buddhist grottoes in China’s Gansu province. In Chinese.
25 Marchant & Son: MING PORCELAIN FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET. ko-sometsuke & ko-akai. London,
2008. 120 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Wrappers.
£70.00
Dealer’s catalogue exhibiting 59 fine examples. All illustrated in colour and described in detail. Introduction by Julia Curtis.
26 Miho Museum: JAKUCHU WONDERLAND. Miho, 2009. 366 pp. 230 pp. colour plates. 5 foldouts. B/w text
illustrations. 30x23 cm. Wrappers.
£75.00
Large catalogue of a major and marvellous exhibition on the important Japanese Edo-period painter, Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800). 38
pages of English text include list of contents, foreword, essays and detailed descriptive list of plates and captions. Extensively illustrated in colour showing the entire range of his work. Masterpieces from many Japanese museums. Main text in Japanese. Recommended.
27 Mitsui Memorial Museum: EDO CHIC, MEIJI TECHNIQUE. The Art of Shibata Zeshin featuring the Edson
Collection. Tokyo, 2009. 220, xli pp. Colour plates throughout. 19x21 cm. Wrappers.
£55.00
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition in Japan featuring paintings and lacquer by Shibata Zeshin held in this well-known collection,
together with a number of works from Japanese collections. Introductions, essay and list of plates with detailed descriptions in English. Main text in Japanese.
28 MIZHI GUANZHUANG HUAXIANGSHI MU. Tombs with Painted Stones at Guanzhuang, Mizhi.
米脂官庄畫像石墓. Beijing, 2009. 9, 206 pp. text plus 64 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations and
drawings. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Located near Yulin in China’s Shaanxi province, these three tombs date from the Eastern Han dynasty and are notable for the very fine
engraved and painted stone mural reliefs contained within. A good selection are illustrated in colour. One page English abstract. Detailed texts in Chinese.
29 National Museum of History: QIANGU YINGXIONG: DA SANGUO TEZHAN. Legends of Heroes: The
Heritage of the Three Kingdoms Era. 千古英雄 ： 大三國特展. Taibei, 2010. pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21
cm. Wrappers.
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taibei exploring the archaeological and cultural legacy of the Three
Kingdoms period and the associated famous Chinese novel ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. Comprises numerous loans of Three
Kingdom archaeological artefacts from Chinese museums, together with other exhibits including paintings, ceramics and prints depicting scenes from the novel. Prefaces and brief captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
30 National Palace Museum: GUGONG SHUHUA TULU VOLUME 28. (Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Painting
in the National Palace Museum: Volume 28). 故宮書畫圖錄（二十八）. Taibei, 2009. 6, 391 pp. 32 pp. colour
plates & b/w plates throughout. 31x21 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 28 in the ongoing series that will contain all the paintings in the National Palace Museum and the Central Museum in Taibei.
This volume examines a number of albums of paintings in the Museum’s collection, dating from the Song through to the Qing dynasties. Some plates in colour. In Chinese.
31 Ouyang Zhongshi et al: CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY. Culture & Civilization of China. New Haven, 2008. [13],
511 pp. Colour plates throughout. Notes, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Authoritative, comprehensive and well-illustrated monograph on China’s most prestigious fine art. Prologue and overview by Wen C.
Fong. Contributions by a dozen other top scholars in the field, most of them Chinese, translated by Wang Youfen. Recommended.
32 Rhie, Marylin Martin: EARLY BUDDHIST ART OF CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA: VOLUME THREE.
The Western Ch’in in Kansu in the Sixteen Kingdoms Period and Inter-relationships with the Buddhist Art of
Gandhara. Handbook of Oriental Studies, Part 4, China,12/3. Leiden, 2010. 1050 pp. 460 pp. illustrations. 24x20
cm. Boards.
£215.00
Volume Three of a widely-acclaimed work which presents a comprehensive scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China
and Central Asia from 316-439 AD during the formative and little-understood early stages of Buddhism in the Western Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period. Focuses on Buddhist art from the Western Jin (385-431 AD) in the east of Gansu province in north-west China,
primarily from the cave temple complexes of Binglingsi and Maijishan. This detailed study yields a chronological framework for the
difficult issue of the dating of early fifth century Chinese Buddhist art. Also examines the iconography of the five Buddhas and its relation to the art of Gandhara and the caves at Yungang.
33 SHAANXI DILING DANG’AN. (Records of Imperial Tombs in Shaanxi). 陝西帝陵擋案. Xi’an, 2010. 8, 2, 296
pp. Numerous colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Interesting and informative work on imperial tombs located in China’s Shaanxi province, the majority on the outskirts of China’s ancient capital, Xi’an. Arranged chronologically from the Western Zhou onwards, the majority of tombs dating, unsurprisingly, from the
Han and Tang dynasties. Much detail on many little-known tombs. Illustrations show toumuli, spirit road sculptures and some excavated artefacts. In Chinese.
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34 SHENGFANG LIANHUA: LIDAI FOXIANG XIEZHEN. (The Glory of the Lotus: Treasures of Buddhist
Statuary). 盛放蓮花 ： 歷代佛像擷珍. Beijing, 2009. 258 pp. Numerous full page colour plates. 29x26 cm.
£90.00
Cloth.
Illustrates in full page colour plates over 100 examples of Buddhist statuary, mostly small and the majority gilt-bronze. It is unclear
where the examples are held but one gets the impression they are from monasteries and collections in Tibet. Brief captions in English
give name of deity depicted, approximate or precise date of production, height and place produced. Includes examples from Northeast
India, Nepal, western Tibet, China and examples from the imperial workshops in the Forbidden City. The examples date from the 7th
to the 18th centuries.
35 Sun Jianhua ed: NEIMENGGU LIAODAI BIHUA. Inner Mongolia Murals in Liao Dynasty. 內蒙古遼代壁畫
。 孫建華 編著. Beijing, 2009. 3, 287 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Well-illustrated survey of Liao dynasty tomb murals from sites located in Inner Mongolia. A fine selection shown. In Chinese.
36 Tokyo National Museum: SOMETSUKE. The Flourishing of Underglaze Blue
Porcelain Ware in Asia. Tokyo, 2009. 167, 19 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Paper.
£65.00
Catalogue of a very fine exhibition showing a total of 200 examples of sometsuke (blue-and-white
porcelain)from Japanese museum and private collections. Predominantly late Ming dynasty blueand-white but also a number of earlier Ming and Yuan blue-and-white pieces plus some Korean (12)
examples from the Joseon dynasty, Vietnamese (11) pieces and 16 pieces of Japanese Imari and
Nabeshima wares. All illustrated in colour. Introductions and lists of plates with brief descriptions
in English. Main text in Japanese.
37 Tokyo National Museum: TREASURES OF THE IMPERIAL COLLECTIONS:
SPLENDOR OF JAPANESE ART. (Special Exhibition to Mark the Twentieth
Anniversary of the Heisei Reign). Tokyo, 2009. 205, xvii; 217, xx pp. Colour plates
throughout both volumes. 2 vols. 29x23 cm. Wrappers.
£90.00
Two-volume catalogue of a very fine exhibition showing superb examples of Japanese art from the
Imperial Collections and the Shoso-in Repository.
Part 1: ‘From Eitoku and Jakuchu to Taikan and Shoen: Paintings from the Early Modern and Modern Eras’.
This first part is in two sections: ‘Masterpieces of Early Modern Painting’ and ‘Decor of the Modern Imperial Palace and the Artists
to the Imperial Household’. This second section includes wonderful and impressive decorative art objects in various media mostly from
the Meiji and Taisho reigns by designated Imperial artists and Craftsmen.
Part 2: ‘Shosoin Treasures and Masterworks of the Calligraphy and Handscroll Genres’. The second part of the exhibition is in four
sections — archaeological relics, Shosoin treasures, works of calligraphy and illustrated handscrolls. Again, all objects to the highest standards and dating from early times through to the Edo.
An unprecedented assemblage of objects associated with the Imperial Household. Introductions and lists of plates with brief descriptions in English. Main texts in Japanese.
38 Wang Hu ed: ZHONGGUO CHUANTONG QIJU SHEJI YANJIU: JUAN SAN. A Study on Chinese
Traditional Utensil Design: Volume Three. 中國傳統器具設計研究 ： 卷三 。 王琥 主編. Nanjing, 2010. 6, 361
pp. Colour and b/w text illustrations and b/w drawings throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Volume Three (of an unspecified number of volumes) discusses in detail 26 specific objects in various media, a combination of excavated artefacts and objects in use today. Ranges from Peking kites and the construction of traditional decorative window frames to
ceramic enamelled bowls with flower designs and a Western Han lacquer screen. Each is described in detail with illustration and
technical drawing. Of much interest. In Chinese.
39 Zhang Wei: ZHONGGUO GUDAI YUQI. (Ancient Chinese Jades). 中國古代玉器 。 張尉 著. Shanghai
Bowuguan Cangpin Yanjiu Daxi. Shanghai, 2009. 11, 312 pp. Hundreds of colour plates throughout. A number of
b/w text drawings. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Scholarly and well-illustrated work on Chinese jades based on the Shanghai Museum’s very fine collections. Illustrated throughout with
examples dating from the Neolithic to the Qing. A final small section deals with copies and fakes. Prefaces English, otherwise Chinese.
40 Zheng Jing ed: ART DECO IN SHANGHAI. Art Deco Zai Shanghai. ART DECO 在上海 。 鄭靜 編著. Shenyang,
2008. 254 pp. Colour photographs throughout. 29x25 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A well-produced book exploring the Art Deco style in Shanghai. Whilst some of the architecture and interiors depicted date from the
Art Deco period itself, the majority of buildings and interiors shown are modern and thus the work is mainly the current expression
of the Art Deco style in the city, predominantly hotel interiors and residential building interiors. Illustrated throughout in colour.
41 Zhong Wei: ZHONGGUO BEI TA JIANBIE TUDIAN. The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Tablet
Rubbings. 中國碑拓鑒別圖典 。 仲威 著. Beijing, 2010. 1, 3, 6, 711 pp. B/w plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £95.00
Very useful contribution to this difficult subject and an excellent visual reference. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
42 ZHONGGUO LINGMU DIAOSU QUANJI 2: XIHAN. (A Survey of Chinese Tomb Sculpture: Vol. 2: Western
Han). 中國陵墓雕塑全集 2 ： 西漢. Xi’an, 2009. 1, 10, 94, 274, 138 pp. 285 pp. full page colour plates. B/w text
plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
Part Two of a a comprehensive survey of Chinese tomb sculpture in stone and ceramic. This large volume covers the Western Han dynasty, ranging from large tomb road sculpture through to numerous examples of Han dynasty tomb figurines. Also a few small jade
pieces and figurines. Over 300 examples illustrated in colour, many full page. Good descriptions accompany. Text in Chinese. A good
visual reference.
43 ZHONGGUO LINGMU DIAOSU QUANJI 3: DONGHAN SANGUO. (A Survey of Chinese Tomb Sculpture:
Vol. 3: Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms). 中國陵墓雕塑全集 3 ： 東漢三國. Xi’an, 2009. 1, 9, 120, 278, 125
pp. 285 pp. full page colour plates. B/w text plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
Part Three of a comprehensive survey of Chinese tomb sculpture in stone and ceramic. This large volume covers the Easter Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, and shows a wide range of examples, from large stone lions through to many varied examples
of tomb figurines, including acrobats. 321 examples illustrated in colour, many full page. Good descriptions accompany. Text in Chinese. A good visual reference.
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44 Art Gallery of New South Wales: TRANSLUCENT WORLD. Chinese Jade from the Forbidden City. Sydney,
£30.00
2007. 229 pp. 200 colour plates. 25x19 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney of jade from the Forbidden City collection in Beijing. A
selection of 185 works from the Neolithic through to the Qing providing a good overview of the subject. The majority of exhibits illustrated in full page colour and well-described.
45 Barmé, Geremie R: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. London, 2009. xxxi, 3, 251 pp. B/w illustrations. 20x13 cm. Paper.
£8.99
Most readable and containing much little-known information on the Forbidden City.
46 Behr, Edward: THE LAST EMPEROR. London, 1988. 335 pp. text plus 24 pp. colour and b/w plates. 20x12 cm.
Paper.
£18.00
Fascinating account of Pu Yi’s life drawn on firsthand accounts and interviews with those who knew the Last Emperor.
47 BEIJING ZHI: SHIJIE WENHUA YICHAN JUAN: GUGONG ZHI. Beijing Annals: World Cultural Heritage
Volume: The Forbidden City Annals. 北京志 ： 世界文化遺產卷 ： 故宮志. Beijing Zhi, 97B. Beijing, 2005. 10,
1, 16, 755 pp. Plus 32 pp. of colour plates. Numerous b/w text plates. Index. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Part of the ongoing monumental publication of the ‘Beijing Annals’ (a modern rendition of the traditional gazetteer or difangzhi) that
will eventually run to 154 physical volumes, this is the volume devoted to the Forbidden City containing a wealth of historical, architectural and material cultural information. Tables of contents for both the entire ‘Beijing Annals’ and for this volume in English.
48 Berliner, Nancy: JUANQINZHAI IN THE QIANLONG GARDEN. London, 2008. 63 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 28x20 cm. Paper.
£8.95
Fascinating report on the restoration of Juanqin Zhai (The Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service) in the Forbidden City which
was built as the retirement complex for the Qianlong Emperor and which contains exquisite trompe l’oeil murals showing the influence of Castiglione. Recommended.
49 Bland, J. O. P. & Backhouse, E: CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER. Being the History of the Life
and Times of Tzu Hsi. London, 1910. xxvi, 525 pp. 30 plates, 1 map. 26x17 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
An enjoyable and informative book based on a literary forgery. First edition. Hucker 610.
50 Buck, Pearl S: IMPERIAL WOMAN. London, 1956. 432 pp. 21x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A fictionalised account of the life of Yehonala — Cixi — the Empress Dowager. A juicy read with, of course, lots of palace intrigue.
First US edition.
51 Carl, Katharine A: WITH THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA. London, 1906. 306 pp. 22 illustrations and
plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Illustrated by the author and with photographs. Katharine Carl was commissioned to paint the portrait of the Empress Dowager. Her
account includes fascinating insights into the court life during her stay in China.
52 Carl, Katharine. A: WITH THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA. London, 1906. xxv, 306 pp. Frontispiece
and 21 full page b/w plates showing illustrations by the author and b/w photographs. 20x13 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Illustrated by the author and with photographs. Katharine Carl was commissioned to paint the portrait of the Empress Dowager. Her
account includes fascinating insights into the court life during her stay in China. Rebound in modern cloth.
53 Chang, Willow et al: THE LAST EMPEROR’S COLLECTION. Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy from
the Liaoning Provincial Museum. New York, 2008. 358 pp. Numerous colour plates (a number of foldouts),a few
b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the China Institute of America in New York showing 34 Ming and Qing dynasty paintings and calligraphy from the Liaoning Museum collection which were in the Chinese imperial collection. The paintings and calligraphy are of much
interest as they were taken from the Forbidden City by the last emperor, Pu Yi, prior to his expulsion. The journey and fate of these
and other works taken from the collection (in particular the earlier and most famous works) is discussed in detail and sheds much light
on an obscure chapter in the history of the Chinese imperial collection. There are also essays on the history of the imperial collection,
the collecting habits of the Qing emperors and a section on imperial works in American collections. The paintings and calligraphy are
all illustrated in colour in their entirety, many with foldout colour plates. Detailed descriptions accompany. Recommended.
54 Chiu Kwong Chiu: THE GRAND FORBIDDEN CITY. The Imperial Axis. 大紫禁城：王者的軸線. Beijing,
2008. 232 pp. 16 colour and numerous b/w illustrations. 24x21 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A good and very interesting work on the architecture, symbolism and history of the buildings along the main (imperial) axis of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Also includes some other halls and buildings in the Forbidden City, such as Yangxindian. A wealth of information. In English. Recommended.
55 Christiansborg Palace: TREASURES FROM IMPERIAL CHINA: THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND THE
ROYAL DANISH COURT. Copenhagen, 2006. 680 pp. Colour plates throughout. 33x26 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Christiansborg Palace in Denmark:’ Treasures from Imperial China. The Forbidden City and the Royal
Danish Court’. On show are 261 objects from the Palace Museum in Beijing and from the Royal Danish Collections, focusing on the
use of these objects at the respective courts, on East-West interactions and in particular on Danish-Chinese relations in the 17th-19th
centuries. From Beijing came a Dragon throne with all paraphernalia; costumes; portrait paintings; jewellery; Qianlong’s litter; objects of jade, gold and cloisonné. The large section on medical sciences with, for instance,two amazing wooden Chinese models of the
human body (based on Western examples) is highly interesting. There also is a wealth of Chinese and Western maps and books and a
wide array of ‘Jezuit’ astronomical instruments. Among the porcelain, a set of 12 monochrome Yongzheng chrysanthemum dishes in
different glazes is stunning; there is a Yixing teapot inscribed with a poem by Qianlong and some very good imperial pieces. From Denmark there is export porcelain used at Court, six newly-discovered sconces of Chinese enamel on copper and several pieces from the
very important Royal collection of Chinese export lacquer that are extremely well documented — the original invoices exhibited.
The catalogue is fully in Danish, English and Chinese. Eighteen essays by Chinese and Western scholars offer new research, whilst
all exhibits are described and have relevant comments. Illustrated throughout in colour.
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56 Elliot, Jeanette Shambaugh; with David Shambaugh: THE ODYSSEY OF CHINA’S IMPERIAL ART
TREASURES. Seattle, 2005. 192 pp. 45 illustrations. Bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£15.95
Traces the 3000 year history of the Chinese imperial collections with the focus on the trials, tribulations and separation of the collection in the 20th century.
57 Feng Jiankui et al: QINGDAI NEITING GONGYUAN. Gardens in the Forbidden City. Tianjin, 1986. [6], 169
£45.00
pp. 283 plates and illustrations, including 45 in colour. 26x27 cm. Wrappers.
A detailed study of the elaborate imperial gardens found at the northern end of the Forbidden City in Beijing, still populated with trees
and flowers first planted under the Ming period (1368-1644). Much assisted by detailed architectural drawings and plans. Summary
and list of contents in English. Main text in Chinese.
58 Feng Xianming and Geng Baochang ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG QING SHENGSHI CI XUANCUI.
Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty. 故宮博物院藏清盛世瓷選粹. Beijing, 1994. 363 pp. 300
colour plates, some with detail plates showing marks. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
In three parts for the reign periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, this book has the highest quality illustrations of very fine pieces,
100 for each period. All the text has been translated into English. All objects from the Gugong Museum in Beijing.
59 First Historical Archives of China ed: QINGDAI ZHONGNANHAI DANG’AN. (The Qing Dynasty Annals of
Zhongnanhai). 清代中南海檔案. Beijing, 2003. Over 15000 pages. 30 vols. Cloth.
£3,000.00
A huge 30 volume compilation of over 3100 historical documents relating to the Zhongnanhai area of the Forbidden City in Beijing,
where many imperial government offices were located. The documents are now held in the First Historical Archives in Beijing and cover
the period from the first Qing Emperor, Shunzhi, through to the last Emperor, Xuantong, and the influence of the Dowager Empress,
Ci Xi. The work is divided into five sections: Government Affairs, Imperial Life, Furnishings and Collections, Writings and Poetry of
Emperors and Ministers, Construction and Maintenance (Repair) of Buildings. An extremely important reference, taken from primary
sources, for the study of many aspects of Qing imperial life, life within the Forbidden City and the Qing governance of China.
60 Forbidden City Magazine: WUMEN GUSHI. (The Story of the Forbidden City’s Wu Men Gate). 午門故事.
Beijing, 2005. 200 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A special edition of the Forbidden City (Zijincheng) magazine devoted to the history, architecture and recent restoration of the Forbidden City’s imposing Wu Men gate. Illustrated throughout with old black-and-white photographs and recent colour photographs. Especially interesting for the survey of the gate’s recent restoration. In Chinese.
61 Grand Palais: MÉMOIRE D’EMPIRE. Trésors du Musée National du Palais, Taipei. Paris, 1998. XXVIII, 423
pp. 273 items illustrated, chiefly in colour plates, often with details. Notes, reproductions of inscriptions,
bibliography. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grand Palais of nearly 300 artworks from the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Entirely different from the selection of works shown at the Metropolitan Museum (Possessing the Past) exhibition which toured America in 1996 and
1997. Demonstrates the depth, breadth and quality of this fabulous collection. In French.
62 GUGONG JINGDIAN: GUGONG JIANZHU NEIYAN ZHUANGXIU. Classics of Forbidden City:
Architecture and Decoration of the Forbidden City. 故宮經典：故宮建築內檐裝修. Beijing, 2007. 323 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Boards.
£80.00
A finely-produced work focussing on the interior decoration of palaces, halls and rooms within the Forbidden City in Beijing. Hundreds of examples of superb interior decoration are shown, ranging from intricately-carved screens, panels and room dividers to ceiling ornamentation and painted designs. Text in Chinese.
63 GUGONG JINGDIAN: QING GONG BAOZHUANG TUDIAN. Classics of Forbidden City: The Imperial
Packing Art of Qing Dynasty. 故宮經典：清宮包裝圖典. Beijing, 2007. 191 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x29
cm. Boards.
£70.00
A finely-produced work showing numerous superb examples of packaging, boxes and containers used in the imperial court during the
Qing dynasty. Includes objects in many media from cloisonné and sandalwood to lacquer and ceramic. Text in Chinese.
64 Gugong Museum: JIN TANG LIANG SONG HUIHUA: RENWU FENGSU. (Paintings of the Jin, Tang and
Song Dynasties- Figure Painting and Folk Customs). 晉唐兩宋繪畫 ： 人物風俗. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 1. Shanghai, 2005. 24 pp. text and 288 pp. colour plates and captions. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Covers Song painting in the collection of the Gugong Museum, Beijing, depicting figures and showing scenes from everyday life. A beautiful work showing many exquisite works. Illustrated throughout in colour. Detailed texts in Chinese plus brief English captions. Recommended.
65 Gugong Museum: JIN TANG LIANG SONG HUIHUA: SHANSHUI LOUGE. (Paintings of the Jin, Tang and
Song Dynasties — Landscape and Architecture). 晉唐兩宋繪畫 ： 山水樓閣. Complete Collection of Treasures
Gugong, 2. Shanghai, 2004. 22, 265 pp. 259 pp. colour plates. 1 foldout panorama. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 2 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes Jin, Tang and Song painting depicting landscapes and architecture — buildings, pavilions etc. 58 exquisite works are shown (of which 55 are Song), including
the famous ‘Qingming Shang He Tu’ by Zhang Zeyuan in a panorama foldout. All the works, including long handscrolls, are shown
in their entirety and in detail. Accompanying colophons and inscriptions are also illustrated. Includes national treasures and lesserknown works. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. A beautiful work that we recommend.
66 Gugong Museum: JIN TANG LIANG SONG HUIHUA: HUANIAO ZOUSHOU. (Paintings of the Jin, Tang and
Song Dynasties — Animals, Birds and Flowers). 晉唐兩宋繪畫 ： 花鳥走獸. Complete Collection of Treasures
Gugong, 3. Shanghai, 2004. 24, 253 pp. 251 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 3 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes 83 exquisite masterpieces
from the Jin to the Song dynasties (of which 77 are Song) showing flora and fauna. Includes the famous Tang work ‘Five Oxen’ in a
panorama foldout, other national treasures plus lesser-known works. All the works, including long handscrolls, are shown in their entirety and in detail. Accompanying colophons and inscriptions are also illustrated. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. A
beautiful work that we recommend.
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67 Gugong Museum: YUANDAI HUIHUA. (Paintings of the Yuan Dynasty). 元代繪畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 4. Shanghai, 2005. 28 pp. text and 292 pp. colour plates and captions. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 4 in this excellent series shows Yuan dynasty paintings in the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum with many important
works of the period. Includes works by all the Yuan masters — Zhao Mengfu, Ni Zan etc. plus other fine examples by lesser-known and
anonymous artists. This publication is also highly valuable for the extensive quality illustrations of accompanying colophons, etc. Illustrated throughout in colour. Detailed texts in Chinese plus brief English captions. Recommended.
68 Gugong Museum: YUANTI ZHEPAI HUIHUA. (Paintings in the Academic Style from the Zhejiang School).
院體浙派繪畫. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 5. Shanghai, 2007. 226 pp. Colour illustrations
throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 5 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Gugong Museum. Shows 124 examples of superb paintings and handscrolls in the academic style by the Zhejiang school of painters which flourished in the Ming dynasty in China. Many of its members
were court artists. Subject matter ranges from portraits and figure painting to landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings. Includes
work by such famous artists as Wu Bin and Dai Jin. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
69 Gugong Museum: WUMEN HUIHUA. (Paintings of the Wumen School). 吳門繪畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 6. Shanghai, 2007. 264 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 6 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Gugong Museum. The Wumen school of painters comprised artists
active in around around the Suzhou area in China’s Jiangsu province during the Ming dynasty. Illustrates 128 extremely fine paintings, scrolls and albums by the Wumen school in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Includes work by many famous artists,
including Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou and Tang Yin. Illustrated throughout in colour, the albums and handscrolls being reproduced in
full. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
70 Gugong Museum: SONGJIANG HUIHUA. (Paintings from the Songjiang School). 松江繪畫. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 7. Shanghai, 2007. 254 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 7 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Gugong Museum. Shows 106 beautiful examples of painting by the
Songjiang school of artists active in China during the late Ming dynasty. The Songjiang area comprises present-day Shanghai. Includes
paintings, handscrolls and albums by numerous artists, well-known and less familiar, including Dong Qichang and Wu Zhen. The
handscrolls and albums are reproduced in full. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
71 Gugong Museum: WAN ZHE HUIHUA. Paintings of Anhui and Zhejiang. 皖浙繪畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 9. Shanghai, 2007. 230 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 118 wonderful examples of paintings and painting albums by artists from China’s Anhui and Zhejiang provinces. The paintings
are held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing and include paintings from the Qing court collection plus examples later
accessioned. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
72 Gugong Museum: JINLING ZHUJIA HUIHUA. (Paintings by Artists from the Jinling Region). 金陵諸家繪畫.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 10. Hong Kong, 1997. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 10 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and fully describes in Chinese and some
English the paintings by artists from the Jinling area — Nanjing, Jiangsu etc. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
73 Gugong Museum: SI SENG HUIHUA. Paintings by Four Monks. 四僧繪畫. Complete Collection of Treasures
Gugong, 11. Shanghai, 2000. 288 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 11 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and fully describes the paintings in the
collection by the Qing painters known as the Si Seng or Four Monks: Hong Ren, Kun Can, Ba Da Shan Ren and Shi Tao. Captions in
English. Main text in Chinese.
74 Gugong Museum: SI WANG WU YUN HUIHUA. (Paintings by the Four Wang, Wu and Yun). 四王吳惲繪畫.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 12. Hong Kong, 1996. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 12 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and fully describes in Chinese and some
English the paintings by Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Hui, Wang Yuanqi, Wu Li, and Yün Shouping in the Museum’s collection.
75 Gugong Museum: YANGZHOU HUIHUA. Paintings by Artists of Yangzhou. 揚州繪畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 13. Shanghai, 2007. 258 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 192 extremely fine examples of Qing dynasty paintings by artists of the Yangzhou school held in the collection of the Gugong
Museum in Beijing. Includes both paintings in the collection of the Qing court and later accessions. Illustrated throughout in colour.
Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
76 Gugong Museum: QINGDAI GONGTING HUIHUA. (Paintings by Court Artists of the Qing Period).
清代宮廷繪畫. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 14. Shanghai, 1996. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 14 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and fully describes in Chinese and some
English the paintings by the formal painters at the court of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors.
77 Gugong Museum: HAISHANG MINGJIA HUIHUA. (Paintings by Famous Shanghai Artists). 海上名家繪畫.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 15. Hong Kong, 1997. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 15 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and fully describes in Chinese, and
some English, paintings by famous Shanghai artists.
78 Gugong Museum: MING QING XIAOXIANG HUA. Portrait Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties..
明清肖像畫. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 16. Shanghai, 2008. 24, 267 pp. Colour plates throughout.
29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Illustrates 141 superb examples of Chinese portrait painting from the Ming and Qing dynasties held in the collection of the Gugong
Museum in Beijing. Includes both paintings and handscrolls. Presumably many were in the former imperial collection. A fine addition
to the material on this subject. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
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79 Gugong Museum: MING QING FENGSU HUA. Genre Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 明清風俗畫.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 17. Shanghai, 2008. 26, 262 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Volume 17 in the series ‘The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum’ illustrates and fully describes 85 Ming and Qing
genre paintings, handscrolls and albums held in the collection which show scenes of life and customs in China at the time. All handscrolls and albums are reproduced in their entirety. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
80 Gugong Museum: JIN TANG WUDAI SHUFA. (Calligraphy of the Jin Tang and Wudai Periods). 晉唐五代書法.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 18. Shanghai, 2001. 26 pp. text and 261 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Superb illustrations of highlights from the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum with detailed captions in Chinese and only brief
English caption outlines. This work is highly valuable for the extensive quality illustration of colophons and sometimes even the outer
bindings of the scrolls, etc. Chinese regular script transcriptions of these famous pieces are also given. Recommended.
81 Gugong Museum: SONGDAI SHUFA. (Calligraphy of the Song Dynasty). 宋代書法. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 19. Shanghai, 2001. 22 pp. text and 280 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Superb illustrations of highlights from the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum with detailed captions in Chinese and only brief
English caption outlines. This work is highly valuable for the extensive quality illustration of colophons and sometimes even the outer
bindings of the scrolls, etc. Chinese regular script transcriptions of these famous pieces are also given. Recommended.
82 Gugong Museum: YUANDAI SHUFA. (Calligraphy of the Yuan Dynasty). 元代書法. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 20. Shanghai, 2002. 26 pp. text and 278 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 20 in this excellent series with highlights from the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum and prominently featuring, of
course, the work of Zhao Mengfu. This publication is also highly valuable for the extensive quality illustrations of accompanying
colophons, etc. Chinese regular script transcriptions of the pieces are also given, where necessary. Recommended. Detailed texts in
Chinese plus brief English captions.
83 Gugong Museum: MINGDAI SHUFA. (Calligraphy of the Ming Dynasty). 明代書法. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 21. Shanghai, 2002. 22 pp. text and 282 pp. colour plates and detailed captions. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Volume 21 in this excellent series with highlights from the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum and prominently featuring, of
course, the work of Zhu Yunming, Wang Shouren, and so on. This publication is also highly valuable for the extensive quality illustrations of accompanying colophons, etc. Chinese regular script transcriptions of the pieces are also given, where necessary. Recommended. Detailed texts in Chinese plus brief English captions.
84 Gugong Museum: QINGDAI SHUFA. (Calligraphy of the Qing Dynasty). 清代書法. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 22. Shanghai, 2002. 26 pp. text and 277 pp. colour plates and detailed captions. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Volume 22 in this excellent series with highlights from the collection of the Beijing Palace Museum. This publication is also highly valuable for the extensive quality illustrations of accompanying colophons, etc. Chinese regular script transcriptions of the pieces are also
given, where necessary. Recommended. Detailed texts in Chinese plus brief English captions.
85 Gugong Museum: MINGBEI SHANBEN. (Rubbings of Famous Stone Inscriptions). 名碑善本. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 23. Shanghai, 2009. 24 pp. text and 232 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 23 in this excellent series shows 89 highly-regarded examples of rubbings of famous Chinese stone inscriptions with fine calligraphy. The rubbings are held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Many of the rubbings are held in albums and most
of the 88 examples are illustrated in multiple views. The stones from which the rubbings are taken date from the Han dynasty onwards.
Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
86 Gugong Museum: MINGTIE SHANBEN. (Rubbings of Famous Examples of Calligraphy). 名帖善本. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 24. Shanghai, 2009. 24, 284 pp. 274 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 24 in this excellent series covering the treasures of the Gugong Museum shows 137 examples of albums of rubbings of famous
and highly-regarded examples of Chinese calligraphy held in the collection. The rubbings and albums date from the Song, Ming and
Qing dynasties. The stones and calligraphic inscriptions from which the rubbings were taken are in many cases much older. Such calligraphic inscriptions were used as models for aspiring calligraphers to emulate. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
87 Gugong Museum: QINGTONG LI YUE QI. Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments. 青銅禮樂器.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 25. Hong Kong/China 2006. 24, 296 pp. 189 items illustrated in colour
plates, with some additional b/w reproductions of inscriptions and details, sometimes from rubbings. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
In a sense this book provides new documentation, in the ‘Complete Collection’ series, of ‘the crown jewels’ of China, since the finest
early ritual bronzes in the imperial or national collection traditionally bear a special relation to the mandate of China’s governors.
Moreover, ritual music is also strongly associated with governance and regulation in Chinese culture. Here are 189 of the Gugong’s
most important pieces, dating from the Shang through the Warring States period, superbly photographed and described. The bronzes
illustrated include both objects from the Qing court collection and pieces excavated in the 20th century. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
88 Gugong Museum: QINGTONG SHENGHUO QI. Bronze Objects for Daily Use. 青銅生活器. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 26. Hong Kong/China 2007. 25, 238 pp. 209 colour plates, some b/w reproductions
of inscriptions. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Presents 209 of the finest bronze pieces from the Gugong Museum’s collections — bowls, vessels, utensils, censers and mirrors. The
pieces date from the Shang to the Jin dynasties. Includes a number of gilt and inlaid pieces. Whilst a number of the pieces are stated
to have been in the Qing court collection, the majority have presumably been excavated during the 20th century. A fine addition to this
definitive series. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
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89 Gugong Museum: MINGKE YU DIAOSU. Inscriptions and Sculptures. 銘刻與雕塑. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 28. Shanghai, 2008. 28, 228 pp. 221 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 28 in this excellent series covering the treasures of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. This work shows 86 superb examples of
Chinese archaeological objects in various media dating from the Shang dynasty through to the Yuan dynasty and which bear inscriptions. Includes oracle bones, bronze vessels, tile-ends and steles. These are followed by 121 wonderful examples of sculpture dating
from the Warring States to the Qing. Includes wooden sculpture, tomb figurines and animal figures, gilt-metal, ceramics and stone. All
objects illustrated in colour. English plate captions, otherwise Chinese text only.
90 Gugong Museum: XIYIN. Ancient Seals. 璽印. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 29. Shanghai, 2008. 34,
254 pp. 254 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 29 in this excellent series shows 458 superb examples of Chinese seals held in the collection of the Gugong in Beijing, a good
number from the former imperial collection. The seals are illustrated chronologically from the Warring States period through to the
Qing dynasty and range from small metal seals through to superb Qing dynasty imperial seals in jade, shoushan stone and other materials. The bodies of all seals are illustrated, together with (in most cases) the carved base and an impression of each seal is also provided. A fine visual reference. English plate captions, otherwise Chinese text only.
91 Gugong Museum: JIN TANG CIQI. (Porcelain from the Jin to the Tang). 晉唐瓷器. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 31. Hong Kong, 1996. 281 pp. 267 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 31 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes porcelains from the Western Jin, Eastern Jin, Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Excellent illustrations. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text only.
92 Gugong Museum: LIANG SONG CIQI 1 & 2. (Porcelain of the Northern and Southern Song 1 & 2). 兩宋瓷器.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 32-33. Shanghai, 2002. 320; 313 pp. 289; 283 pp. colour illustrations
of 262; 259 objects. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£150.00
Volumes 32 and 33 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrate in excellent colour and fully
describe 521 exquisite porcelains of the Song period held in the Gugong in Beijing. Captions in English, main texts in Chinese.
93 Gugong Museum: QINGHUA YOULIHONG (SHANG ZHONG XIA). (Blue and White Porcelain and
Underglaze Red: Parts One to Three). 青花釉里紅. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 34-36. Shanghai,
2000. Each volume c. 30 pp. text and c. 260 pp. colour plates. 3 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£240.00
Excellent three volume publication of the blue-and-white porcelains and underglaze red in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (the Gugong). Part one deals with 232 pieces dating chronologically from the Yuan through to the Tianshun period of the Ming
dynasty; part two covers 234 works dating from the Chenghua reign through to the end of the Ming dynasty; and part three 236 from
the start of the Qing dynasty through to Guangxu. English plate captions, otherwise Chinese text only. Comprises volumes 34, 35 and
36 in the series. Only available as a set.
94 Gugong Museum: YANSE YOU. Monochrome Porcelain. 顏色釉. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 37.
Shanghai, 1999. c. 300 pp. Over 350 colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 37 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes exquisite Ming and
Qing monochrome porcelains held in the Gugong Museum, Beijing. Captions and brief descriptions of each piece in English, otherwise Chinese text. Excellent colour illustrations.
95 Gugong Museum: WUCAI DOUCAI. Polychrome and Doucai Porcelains. 五彩 。 鬥彩. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 38. Shanghai, 1999. c. 300 pp. Over 350 colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 38 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes wonderful Ming and Qing
polychrome and doucai porcelains held in the Gugong Museum, Beijing. Captions and brief descriptions of each piece in English, otherwise Chinese text. Excellent colour illustrations.
96 Gugong Museum: FALANGCAI FENCAI. Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose
Decoration. 琺瑯彩 。 粉彩. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 39. Shanghai, 1999. c. 300 pp. Over 350
colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 39 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrates and describes beautiful Ming and
Qing porcelains with cloisonné enamel decoration and famille rose decoration held in the Gugong Museum, Beijing. Captions and brief
descriptions of each piece in English, otherwise Chinese text. Excellent colour illustrations.
97 Gugong Museum: YUQI 1-3. (Jadeware 1-3). 玉器（上中下）. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 40-42.
Shanghai, 1996. 28, 292 pp; 29, 290 pp; 27, 283 pp. A total of 865 pp. colour plates illustrate 698 jade objects. 3
vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£240.00
Volumes 40-42 in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrate in good colour plates and describe
in Chinese a total of 698 jade objects in the Gugong collection in Beijing. Volume 40 shows 232 jade objects from the Neolithic period through to the Northern & Southern Dynasties. Volume 41 continues with 222 jades from Sui and Tang periods through to the Ming
period. Volume 42 depicts 244 jades from the Qing period. Only available as a set of three. Text in Chinese only.
98 Gugong Museum: JINSHUTAI FALANGQI. (Cloisonné and Enamel Wares). 金屬胎琺琅器. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 43. Shanghai, 2001. 259 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 43 in this series shows 244 superb examples of cloisonné and enamel wares from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties held in
the collection of the Gugong in Beijing. Excellent colour plates, most objects shown in multiple views and close-up detail. English plate
captions, otherwise Chinese text only.
99 Gugong Museum: ZHU MU YA JIAO DIAOKE. (Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Horn Carving). 竹木牙角雕刻.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 44. Shanghai, 2001. 304 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Volume 44 in this series show 248 wonderful examples of carving in various media held in the collection of the Gugong in Beijing. Excellent colour plates, most objects show in multiple views or close-up detail. English plate captions, otherwise Chinese text only.
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100 Gugong Museum: YUAN MING QIQI. (Yuan and Ming Dynasty Lacquer). 元明漆器. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 45. Shanghai, 2006. 28, 263 pp. 207 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail
plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Magnificent exposition of 207 examples of Yuan and Ming lacquer from the Qing Court collection. Divided according to dynasty.
Mostly comprises carved lacquer with some painted, polychrome and inlaid examples. Another excellent survey in this essential series containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
101 Gugong Museum: QINGDAI QIQI. Qing Dynasty Lacquer. 清代漆器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong,
46. Hong Kong/China 2006. 30, 262 pp. 196 items illustrated in full colour plates with some detail plates. Colour
text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Magnificent exposition of 196 examples of Qing lacquer. Slightly less than half the items shown are carved lacquer with further sections for ‘carved filled-in’, gold-painted, polychrome-painted, ‘guangsu’, and inlaid lacquer. An excellent survey in this essential series containing much previously unpublished material. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Just published.
102 Gugong Museum: BIYANHU. (Snuff Bottles). 鼻煙壺. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 47. Shanghai,
2002. 32 pp. text and 272 pp. colour plates showing 410 bottles. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 410 wonderful snuff bottles from various holdings within the Forbidden City, Beijing. Includes many items produced in the imperial workshops. The bottles are in many media — ivory, porcelain, lacquer, glass, enamelware, stone, horn etc. An excellent survey.
Each bottle illustrated in multiple views, including marks. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
103 Gugong Museum: WENFANG SI BAO: ZHI YAN. (The Four Treasures of the Scholar’s Studio: Paper and
Inkstones). 文房四寶 ： 紙硯. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 48. Shanghai, 2006. 24 pp. text plus 232
pp. colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Pictures and describes 169 extremely fine examples of inkstones, paper and silk held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. The objects date from the Ming and, primarily, the Qing dynasties. The 141 inkstones date from the Han to the Qing dynasties.
The majority are Ming and Qing and many were in the Qing Court Collection and for imperial use. The 28 examples of paper and silk
date from the Song to the Qing. Again the majority are Ming and Qing and many for court and imperial use. Illustrated throughout in
colour, many objects shown with close-ups of detail. Much of the material previously unpublished. Captions in English, otherwise
Chinese text.
104 Gugong Museum: WENFANG SI BAO: BI MO. (The Four Treasures of the Scholar’s Studio: Brushes and
Inksticks). 文房四寶 ： 筆墨. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 49. Shanghai, 2005. 28 pp. text plus 204
pp. colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
182 extremely fine brushes and inksticks (many in sets with multiple objects) from the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing.
The objects date from the Ming and, mainly, the Qing dynasties. The majority of the objects were used by the court or made for imperial use. 112 examples of inksticks and 70 ink brushes are shown. Illustrated throughout in colour, many objects shown with close-ups
of detail. Much of the material previously unpublished. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
105 Gugong Museum: MING QING ZHIXIU. Textiles and Embroideries of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 明清織繡.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 50. Shanghai, 2005. 32, 259 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
279 superb examples of textiles and embroidery from the collection of the Gugong Museum on Beijing. 178 textiles are shown, the vast
majority from the Qing Court collection. Includes exquisite tapestry material from which formal dress and gowns were made but the
majority of the textiles are wonderful brocades, satins, gauze and sutra covers. This is followed by 101 stunning examples of embroidery, the vast majority again from the Qing Court collection. Includes embroidered pictures, scrolls, album leaves and embroidered
textiles. The majority of the material has not previously been published. Illustrated throughout. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Recommended.
106 Gugong Museum: QINGDAI GONGTING FUSHI. (Costumes and Accessories of the Emperors and Empresses
of the Qing Dynasty). 清代宮廷服飾. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 51. Shanghai, 2006. 30 pp. text
plus 290 pp. colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
176 superb examples of court costume and accessories are shown. The first section of 139 examples shows imperial costumes worn
by Emperors and Empresses. The second section of 37 objects is entitled ‘Other Court Dresses’ and includes imperial lama robes,
sleeveless jackets, hats, boots and shoes, stockings and socks. Much material previously unpublished. Illustrated throughout in colour,
many objects shown with close-ups of detail. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
107 Gugong Museum: ZHIXIU SHUHUA. Embroidered Calligraphy and Pictures. 織繡書畫. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 52. Shanghai, 2005. 26, 262 pp. Colour plates throughout. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
144 stunning examples of embroidered pictures and calligraphy dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties and in the collection of the
Gugong Museum in Beijing are here illustrated and described. A fair amount of the material is from the Qing Court collection. Many
of the examples are shown in multiple plates as they include embroidered album leaves in the style of picture albums and albums of
embroidered imperial calligraphy. Other examples include embroidered Buddhist scenes, landscapes and other scenes. The workmanship is quite superb and many were obviously commissioned by the Emperor, notably Qianlong. Much previously-unpublished
material. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Recommended.
108 Gugong Museum: MING QING JIAJU: SHANG, XIA. (Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: I and II).
明清家俱 上、下. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 53-54. Hong Kong/China 2002. 26, 267 pp.; 26,
312 pp. 564 pp. colour plates showing 467 objects 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£150.00
Illustrates and describes 467 pieces of Chinese classical furniture from the Forbidden City collection in Beijing. 90% of the pieces are
published here for the first time and thus is by far the most complete study of the Chinese imperial furniture collection to date. The volumes are written by Zhu Jiajin. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
109 Gugong Museum: QING GONG XIQU WENWU. Cultural Relics of Drama of the Qing Dynasty. 清宮戲曲文物.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 55. Shanghai, 2008. 30, 274 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£75.00
Volume 55 in this series shows 252 artefacts related to theatre culture as practised in the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. Includes 199 examples of theatre robes and costumes all from the Qing Court collection. Many of these are absolutely stunning and never
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previously published, for example, a Monkey King armour of apricot satin, long-sleeved python robes and a parrot dress of white
satin embroidered with feather designs. The remaining 53 objects include stage props (many beautifully embroidered), drama albums
and scripts. All the items are from the Qing Court collection. Finally, a few actual stages located within the Forbidden City are pictured. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Highly-recommended for anyone interested in Qing dynasty imperial textiles and
the culture of the Forbidden City.
110 Gugong Museum: QING GONG WUBEI. Armaments and Military Provisions. 清宮武備. Complete Collection
of Treasures Gugong, 56. Shanghai, 2008. 28, 264 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Shows 286 superb examples of swords, saddles, arrows, paintings with military scenes, guns, cannon, armour, spears and other military-related artefacts held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Many of the objects come from the Qing Court Collection and of particular note are the swords, many with stunning inlaid or gilt decoration and a good number with mughal-style inlaid
jade hilts. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
111 Gugong Museum: GONGTING ZHENBAO. Treasures of Imperial Court. 宮廷珍寶. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 57. Shanghai, 2004. 251 pp. c. 300 colour plates. Colour text illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
A quite extraordinary assembly of 222 objects from the collection of the Gugong Museum. The objects are loosely grouped under the
category of ‘Treasures’ which here covers a broad range of objects in a wide range of media. Includes jewellery, head-dresses, court
costumes, hairpins, jewel-encrusted swords, gold Buddhist pagodas, gold statues, jade massage implements, gold ewers and cups,
lapis lazuli elephants, gold seals, censers. Many of the objects are extremely ornate and all date from the Qing dynasty. All are illustrated in colour and include views of close-up detail. Much previously unpublished. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
112 Gugong Museum: QINGGONG XIYANG YIQI. Scientific and Technical Instruments of the Qing Dynasty.
凊宮西洋儀器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 58. Hong Kong, 1998. 27, 4, 289 pp. c. 300 colour
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Volume 58 in the series ‘The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum’ illustrates and describes 247 scientific and
technical instruments collected and commissioned by the Qing Court. Divided into sections on Instruments for Astronomy, Instruments for Mathematics, Instruments for Geoscience and Typography, Types of Clocks and Watches, Medical Instruments. Includes numerous varied objects ranging from French 18th century drawing instruments to highly ornate gilt-copper clocks, telescopes and
various instruments made by the Imperial Workshops (presumably under Jesuit direction). A wonderful, extraordinary and fascinating assembly of objects made in Europe and the Orient and an intriguing insight into Qing imperial scientific interest. Much never before published. Captions and brief descriptions of each object in English, otherwise Chinese only. Highly recommended.
113 Gugong Museum: ZANGCHUAN FOJIAO TANGKA. (Tangka Buddhist Paintings of Tibet). 藏傳佛教唐卡.
Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 59. Shanghai, 2003. 28, 291 pp. 263 colour plates. Colour text
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Depicts 263 thangkas, both painted and embroidered, representing the cream of the Forbidden City collection. The majority are published for the first time, in excellent colour, with many never having been previously exhibited. An excellent survey of the subject. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
114 Gugong Museum: ZANGCHUAN FOJIAO ZAOXIANG. (Buddhist Statues of Tibet). 藏傳佛教造像. Complete
Collection of Treasures Gugong, 60. Shanghai, 2003. 30, 271 pp. 260 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards. £80.00
Presents 260 of the finest Tibetan Buddhist statues in the Forbidden City collection. The majority are published for the first time. Many
were gifts offered in tribute to Ming and Qing emperors. An excellent survey of an extraordinary collection. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
115 Gugong Museum: ZISHA QI. Purple Sandy Clay. 紫砂器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 61. Shanghai,
2008. 28, 252 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Presents 215 of the finest examples of zisha wares in the Forbidden City collection. Many were in the former imperial collection and
used by the court. A number of the pieces are shown in multiple views and there is close-up detail of base marks. Illustrated throughout in colour. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
116 Gugong Museum: YUQI. Jadeware I & II. 玉器. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong. Shanghai, 2007. 30,
314; 32, 315 pp. A total of 629 pp. colour plates illustrate 601 jade objects. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards. £150.00
A further two (supplementary?) volumes in the series The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum illustrate in fine
colour plates and describe a total of 601 superb jade objects in the Gugong collection in Beijing. The first volume shows 332 jades
dating from the Neolithic through to the Ming dynasty. The second volume illustrates 269 jades from the Qing dynasty. Many of the
jades are from the Qing court collection, the remainder presumably from recent archaeological excavations and donation. Close examination of this work with the three previously-published volumes in this series on jade shows that the majority of the material in these
two volumes is new. There is some duplication but these duplicated pieces have been rephotographed and benefit from English captions which the earlier volumes do not have. Titles to each section and captions in English. Text in Chinese. Only available as a set.
117 Gugong Museum: MINGBEI SHI PIN. Ten Famous Stone Inscriptions. 名碑十品. Complete Collection of
Treasures Gugong, 63. Shanghai, 2009. 16, 311 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
A supplementary volume in the series. Presents 10 of the most famous albums of rubbings of calligraphic inscriptions carved on stone
held in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. The albums are:
1. ‘Inscriptions on Drum-Shaped Stone Blocks’. Inscribed during the Warring States period. Ming rubbings.
2. ‘Inscriptions on ‘Curse Chu’ Stele’. Inscribed during the Warring States period. Yuan dynasty rubbings.
3. ‘Inscribed Stone on Mount Tai’. Inscribed in the Qin dynasty. Ming dynasty rubbings.
4. ‘Stele of Ritual Vessels’. Inscribed during the Eastern Han dynasty. Ming dynasty rubbings.
5. ‘Stele of Zhang Menghong’. Inscribed Northern Wei dynasty. Ming rubbings.
6. ‘Inscription on Cliff Face Stone of Yi He’. Inscribed during the Liang Kingdom. Song dynasty rubbings.
7. ‘Stele of Li Quan in Jiu Cheng Palace’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings.
8. ‘Stele of Yu Gonggong’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings.
9. ‘Stele of Li Sixun’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings.
10. ‘Stele of Li Xuanjing’. Inscribed during the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty rubbings.
The albums are all reproduced in their entirety. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
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118 Gugong Museum: ZAYOUCAI SUSANCAI. Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains and Plain Tricoloured
Porcelains. 雜釉彩 素三彩. Complete Collection of Treasures Gugong, 64. Shanghai, 2009. 35 pp. text and 324 pp.
£75.00
colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
A supplementary volume in the series. Illustrates 273 wonderful examples of Ming and (the vast majority) Qing dynasty ceramics decorated with various coloured enamels and the type of colouring known as susancai. It seems that this volume has been produced to include ceramics that don’t fall easily in to any of the categories of the other ceramic volumes in the series. This is not said to denigrate
the quality of the ceramics which are excellent, if not superb. Many of the pieces were in the Qing Court collection. Nearly all the examples are illustrated in multiple views and basemarks are shown. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
119 Gugong Museum: WENWAN. Small Refined Articles of the Study. 文玩. Complete Collection of Treasures
Gugong, 65. Shanghai, 2009. 21 pp. text and 337 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
A supplementary volume in the series. Shows 334 marvellous examples of small Qing dynasty scholar’s studio objects in various media,
from bamboo and jade to ceramic and ivory. Includes seals, waterdroppers, small carvings, brushpots, brushwashers and paperweights. A beautiful selection of objects of the highest quality and craftsmanship, many formerly in the Qing Court collection. Illustrated throughout in colour. Many objects previously unpublished. Captions in English, otherwise Chinese text. Recommended.
120 Gugong Museum: GUANGNING QIUSHUI: QINGGONG ZAOBANCHU BOLI QI. Luster of Autumn Water:
Glass of the Qing Imperial Workshop. 光凝秋水 ： 清宮造辦處玻璃器. Beijing, 2005. 403 pp. 187 colour plates,
b/w text illustrations. 31x24 cm. Wrappers.
£85.00
Catalogue of an exhibition in the Gugong Museum in Beijing of Qing dynasty glassware produced in the Zaobanchu imperial workshop. The exhibits come from the Gugong collection and represent a survey of the finest glass production. Includes vases, snuff bottles, scholars’ objects, dishes and a truly remarkable pair of transparent glass Tibetan stupas containing enamel Buddhas. A number
of the pieces were influenced by Jesuits present at the imperial court. All 184 pieces are illustrated in colour and described. All base
marks are shown. Introductory essays. Near dual text in Chinese and English. An important contribution.
121 Gugong Museum: GUANYANG YUCI: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG QINGDAI ZHI CI GUANYANG
YU YUYAO CIQI. (Official Designs for Imperial Porcelains: Qing Dynasty Official Designs for the Manufacture
of Porcelain and Imperial Ceramics in the Collection of the Gugong Museum). 官樣御瓷 ：
故宮博物院藏清代制瓷官樣與御窯瓷器. Beijing, 2007. 335 pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x23 cm. Boards.
£90.00
A book on this subject has been much needed and awaited. It has long been known that the Zaobanchu (imperial workshops) in the
Forbidden City made paintings with designs for ceramics for use by the Emperor; indeed some have been on recent exhibition in the
Gugong Museum. These painted designs (which also bore details of size and shape of the proposed ceramic object) were sent to
Jingdezhen and ceramics there manufactured from the designs. This work shows a large and fine varied array of these painted designs,
together with the actual manufactured imperial ceramics for the Tongzhi and Guangxu Qing emperors. All the painted designs and ceramics are held in the collection of the Gugong Museum and many have never been published before, particularly the drawings. An
excellent visual reference and research tool both into Qing imperial ceramics and the workings of the Zaobanchu. Illustrated throughout in colour, many of the ceramics being illustrated in multiple views to show to full effect their relation with the painted designs. Text
in Chinese. Recommended.
122 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG MING QING SHANMIAN SHUHUA JI 4. (Selection of
Fan Paintings from Ming & Qing in the Palace Museum 4). Beijing, 1991. 24 pp. Chinese text. 100 colour plates.
38x27 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
One hundred fan paintings and calligraphy from the Palace Museum collection in Beijing, beautifully reproduced. This is the fourth
volume in the series.
123 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG MING QING SHANMIAN SHUHUA JI 5. (Selection of
Fan Paintings from Ming & Qing in the Palace Museum 5). Beijing, 1995. 28 pp. Chinese text. 100 colour plates.
38x27 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
One hundred fan paintings and calligraphy from the Palace Museum collection in Beijing, beautifully reproduced. This is Volume 5
in the series.
124 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG MINGCHU QINGHUACI. (An Exhibition of Early Ming
Blue-and-White Porcelain in the Collection of the Gugong Museum, Beijing). 故宮博物院藏明初青花瓷. Beijing,
2002. 399 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
Catalogue of an important exhibition held in the Forbidden City in Beijing showing 213 superb examples of Hongwu, Yongle and
Xuande blue-and-white porcelains, along with some later imitations of these wares. This two volume work has fine colour plates
throughout, with many of the porcelains being depicted in multiple shots, including bases, interiors and close-up detail. An excellent
survey that demonstrates the depth of the Gugong Museum holdings, as many of these pieces have never previously been exhibited.
Indeed, we were told that the pieces came from storerooms that had been unopened for decades. Text in Chinese.
125 Gugong Ceramics Research Centre: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG QINGDAI YUYAO CIQI. (Qing Dynasty
Imperial Ceramics in the Collection of the Gugong Museum). 故宮博物院藏清代御窯瓷器. Gugong Bowuyuan
Cang Qingdai Yuyao Ciqi. Beijing, 2005. 318; 449 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 31x23 cm. Wrappers.
£125.00
Volume One (in two parts) of a series on imperial Qing ceramics in the collection of the Gugong Museum Beijing. The series will cover
(in an unspecified number of volumes) the entire Qing dynasty from Shunzhi to Xuantong. Part One comprises a 51 page introduction
and then covers the Shunzhi and Kangxi reigns. Only 4 Shunzhi examples are shown, together with 116 examples from the Kangxi reign.
Part Two is entirely devoted to the Yongzheng period and illustrates 211 ceramics. Shows representative examples and many superb
porcelains — the cream of the collection. All ceramics are illustrated in fullpage colour plates, base marks are shown and a good number are depicted in multiple views. The work is produced to a high quality and is illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
126 Gugong Museum: GUGONG DIAOKE ZHENCUI. The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings.
故宮雕刻珍萃. Beijing, 2002. 276 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Extensive and very well-illustrated book on Ming and Qing Chinese carving based on the finest pieces in the Gugong Museum collections, documenting 224 items in sections devoted to bamboo, wood, ivory and rhinoceros horn. With English summary, list of plates
and captions, otherwise Chinese.
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127 Gugong Museum: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI SAN BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the
Palace Museum Part III. 故宮書畫館 第三編. Beijing, 2009. 220 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
£60.00
illustrations. 1 foldout. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of the third part of an ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing
showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from across the ages in the Gugong Museum’s holdings, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. This third exhibition showed a further 69 superb works dating from the Jin and Tang dynasties
through to the Qing. Many seldom-exhibited. All paintings illustrated and described. Forewords and list of plates with descriptions in
English. Main text in Chinese.
128 Gugong Museum: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI SI BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the Palace
Museum Part IV. 故宮書畫館 第四編. Beijing, 2009. 220 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations. 2
colour foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of the fourth part of an extensive and ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden
City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Gugong Museum’s collection. This fourth selection
showed 68 wonderful works dating from the Jin and Song dynasties through to the Qing. Many seldom-exhibited. All paintings illustrated and described. Forewords and list of plates with good descriptions in English. Also a five page essay in English: Yuan: On Birdand-Flower Painting. Main text in Chinese.
129 Gugong Museum: GUYU JINGCUI. (The Cream of Old Jades). 古玉精萃 。 故宮博物院 編. Shanghai, 1987.
56 pp. text. 150 colour plates. 22x19 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Full-colour illustrations of 150 jades from various periods in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Text in Chinese only.
130 Gugong Museum: JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES OF THE ROYAL CONSORTS OF CH’ING DYNASTY.
Qingdai Houfei Shoushi. Beijing, 1992. 152 pp. 5 figures and 342 colour plates. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A fantastic array of jewellery and accessories from the collections of the Palace Museum in Beijing, everything from headpieces and
hairpins, through gold and silver, to jewelled and enamelled western-style pocket watches.
131 Gugong Museum: QING GONG YANYUE CANG ZHEN. (Banqueting at the Qing Court). 清宮宴樂藏珍.
Beijing, 2002. 111 pp. 118 colour illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
A fascinating work. 118 objects, many rarely-seen and some quite extraordinary, are illustrated ranging from dining utensils and food
holders in gold, silver, cloisonné and lacquer to wall plaques with hardstone pots of fruit, birthday tributes, painting and ceramics. In
four sections: Imperial Birthday Celebrations, Birthday Banquets, Bestowal of Gifts, Birthday Gifts. Introductory essay: The Qing
Palace Banquet: History and Protocol. Near dual text in English and Chinese. Recommended.
132 Gugong Museum: TIANLU ZHENCANG: QING GONG NEIFU BEN SANBAI NIAN. (Three Hundred Years
of Imperial Printing in the Qing Court). 天祿珍藏 ： 清宮內府本三百年. Beijing, 2007. 351 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 37x24 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Catalogue of a fine exhibition held in the former imperial printing works, Wuyingdian, in the Forbidden City. Covers imperial printing throughout the Qing dynasty from the Shunzhi reign through to Guangxu. Many rarely-seen items. Includes works printed in
Manchu and Chinese. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
133 Gugong Bowuyuan Gujian Guanlibu: ZIJINCHENG GONGDIAN JIANZHU ZHUANGSHI: NEIYAN
ZHUANGXIU TUDIAN. The Architecture & Decoration of the Imperial Palace: Interior Design. Beijing, 1995.
331 pp. 288 numbered colour plates (many with sub-plates). Numerous b/w plans. 39x28 cm. Cloth.
£220.00
An excellent volume on the palace and hall interiors of the Forbidden City. The result of a great investment of scholarly, art-historical research. Much detail and good illustrations with all text in English and Japanese as well as Chinese. Out-of print and now hard
to find.
134 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG QINGDAI DIHOU XIYIN PU. (A Collection of the
Seals of Qing Dynasty Emperors and Empresses). 故宮博物院藏清代帝后璽印譜. Beijing, 2005. 13 stitched
volumes with various paginations. Reproductions of seals in red throughout each volume. 13 vols. 34x23 cm.
Stitched.
£1,700.00
A finely-produced work showing the state, official and personal seals of the Qing dynasty emperors and those of the Dowager Empress
Ci Xi. All seals are reproduced in their original size with transcriptions of the seal inscriptions in regular Chinese beneath each seal.
Contents of each volume as follows:
Vol. 1: Introductions and indexes; Vol. 2: State Seals; Vol. 3: Seals of the Kangxi Reign; Vol. 4: Yongzheng Reign; Vols. 5-7: Qianlong; Vols. 8-9: Jiaqing; Vol. 10: Daoguang; Vol. 11: Xianfeng; Vol. 12: Seals of the Dowager Empress Ci Xi; Vol. 13: Xuantong (Pu
Yi).
The first reign of the Qing, the Shunzhi Emperor, is excluded due to half of his reign being conducted as a regency and his early death.
The Tongzhi and Guangxu Emperors are also excluded due to their being under the domination of Ci Xi who controlled state affairs.
Few, if any, seals were produced during these two ‘reigns’.
The first volume gives introductions to each reign and the production of seals therein together with lists of seals. Reproductions of
seals throughout the other 12 volumes. This is the most comprehensive work produced to date on the subject. Whilst the seals of the
Qianlong Emperor have previously been published, those of other reigns have been little covered. This provides a systematic treatment
of the seals of the major rulers of the Qing dynasty and is a valuable reference both for study and connoisseurship. Produced in a limited edition of 500 copies. In Chinese.
135 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI LIU BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the
Palace Museum Part VI. 故宮書畫館 第六編. Beijing, 2009. 215 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text
illustrations. 4 colour foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of the sixth part of an extensive and ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden
City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Gugong Museum collection, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. This selection continues the high standards of the previous exhibitions, showing a further 64
wonderful works, the first 10 dating from the Jin to the Yuan, the remainder Ming and Qing. Many seldom-exhibited. All paintings illustrated and described. Forewords and list of plates with good descriptions in English. Also an eight page essay in English: Zeng:
Brushwork of Inestimable Worth.
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136 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI WU BIAN. The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the
Palace Museum Part V. 故宮書畫館 第五編. Beijing, 2009. 219 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations.
£60.00
3 colour foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of the fifth part of an extensive and ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden
City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Gugong Museum collection, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. This fifth selection continues the high standards of the previous exhibitions, showing a further
65 wonderful works. Many seldom-exhibited. All paintings illustrated and described. Forewords and list of plates with good descriptions in English. Also a six page essay in English: Fu: Magnificence with Ingenuity: Architectural Painting of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Main text in Chinese.
137 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG ZHONGBIAO. (Clocks in the Forbidden City). 故宮鐘錶. Beijing, 2004. 274
pp. Colour plates throughout. A few colour text illustrations. 31x23 cm. Wrappers.
£65.00
195 superb clocks, some quite amazing in design, are here illustrated in excellent colour plates. The clocks are on display in the Zhongbiao Guan (the Clock Exhibition Hall) in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The clocks are in gilt, enamel and many inlaid with precious
and semiprecious stones. They all date from the Qing dynasty and represent the court taste of the time. A number of the clocks are of
European manufacture. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in Chinese.
138 Gugong Museum ed: QINGDAI GONGTING BANHUA. (Prints from the Qing Court). 清代宮廷版畫 。
翁連溪 編著. Beijing, 2006. 129 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 25x24 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Numerous reproductions of examples from illustrated woodblock printed books and copperplate prints all produced by and for the Qing
court. Chinese text.
139 Guo Fuxiang: MING QING DIHOU XIYIN. (The Seals of Ming and Qing Dynasty Emperors and Empresses).
明清帝后璽印 。 郭福祥 著. Beijing, 2003. 224 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 22x18 cm. Paper.
£40.00
A good work that shows numerous seals used by Ming and Qing emperors and empresses. In addition to seal impressions, also shows
many of the actual seals crafted from precious materials and stones. Seal boxes and collections of seals are also illustrated. In Chinese.
140 Guo Fuxiang: SHOUMING YU TIAN: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG QINGDAI YU XI. (Edicts from
Heaven: Qing Dynasty Imperial Seals in the Collection of the Gugong Museum). 受命于天 ：
故宮博物院藏清代御璽 。 郭福祥 著. Beijing, 2009. 273 pp. Colour illustrations throughout., 21x14 cm.
Paper.
£20.00
Illustrated throughout with a fine selection. In Chinese.
141 Guo Yuwu ed: HUANGJIA QIPAI: LINGLUE LAO BEIJING WANGZHE ZHI FENG. (Moments in Peking:
A Taste of the Imperial Life in Old Peking). 皇家氣派 ： 領略老北京王者之風 。 郭豫斌 編著. Beijing, 2008.
3, 314 pp. Small b/w photographs throughout. 24x19 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Shows both famous sights and little-known corners from imperial palaces and gardens in Beijing ranging from obscure courtyards of
the Forbidden City to the ruins of Yuanmingyuan. Illustrated with numerous small black-and-white photographs. In Chinese.
142 He Benfang ed: ZHONGGUO GONGTING ZHISHI CIDIAN. (A Dictionary of Knowledge about the Chinese
Court). 中國宮廷知識詞典 。 何本方 主編. Beijing, 1991. 1117 pp. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£50.00
Fascinating dictionary pertaining to imperial court life in China throughout the ages. Much on emperors and empresses plus a wealth
of knowledge about the court, its rituals and workings. In Chinese. Out-of-print. A scarce reference.
143 Hobson, R. L: A CATALOGUE OF CHINESE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. In the Collection of Sir Percival
David. London, 1934. xl, 190 pp. 180 colour plates. Index. 41x31 cm. Silk.
£4,500.00
Numbered edition of 650 copies. A magnificent publication on, and catalogue of, the Percival David Collection with fine colour plates
and detailed descriptions, including translations of Chinese inscriptions on pieces (including some by the Qian Long emperor) plus
an authoritative and scholarly text drawing much on Chinese sources. When Sir Percival David formed his collection of Chinese ceramics, his approach was governed to some extent by two important Chinese works on collecting: the Ko Ku Yao Lun (The Essential
Criteria of Antiquities) written in 1388 by Cao Chao. David later translated and edited this work. The second book of influence was
Chu Yan’s Tao Shuo of 1774, translated by Bushell as: Description of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. Thus, discerning buying, governed by the dictates of Chinese connoisseurship, distinguishes the David collection — with a marked accent on imperial taste. Indeed,
the collection includes a number of exquisite and important Song pieces from the former Chinese imperial holdings in Peking. A collection renowned for its quality and for important pieces from the Song through to the Qing dynasties. One of the most beautifullyproduced English books of the period.
144 Holdsworth, May: THE PALACE OF ESTABLISHED HAPPINESS. Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City.
Chicago, 2009. 223 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 25x20 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
An account of the ambitious five year restoration of the Jianfu Gong palace in the Forbidden City and its garden. The palace burnt
down in mysterious circumstances in 1923. The author followed the project from its inception to its conclusion. Well-illustrated and
an interesting read.
145 Hou Yuanchao & Ogawa, K: GUGONG BAINIAN: 1900-2005 DE HEIBAI JIYI. (One Hundred Years in the
Gugong: Black-and-White Images from 1900 and 2005). 故宮百年 ： 壹玖零零－貳零零伍的黑白記憶 。
小川一真、 侯元超 攝影. Beijing, 2005. 107 loose leaves. 100 b/w plates. 42x28 cm. Loose plates in case.
£200.00
An interesting compilation of photography comparing photography of sites palaces and interiors in the Forbidden City taken by Ogawa
in 1900 with contemporary photography of the same sites taken in 2005 by Hou Yuanchao. Of much use for studying restoration and
renovation within this imperial complex. Text in Chinese on the back of most plates.
146 Hu Desheng: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG MING QING GONGTING JIAJU DAGUAN. (A Survey of
Ming and Qing Court Furniture in the Collection of the Gugong Museum). 故宮博物院藏明清宮廷家具大觀 。
胡德生 著. Beijing, 2006. 723 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£95.00
An excellent two-volume work showing 416 examples of Ming and Qing dynasty Chinese furniture used in, and commissioned for, the
imperial court. Many of the pieces are unique and, obviously, produced to the highest possible standards of craftsmanship. Includes
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pieces inlaid with ceramic plaques, jade and hardstones. The furniture ranges from thrones and throne screens to daybeds, chairs, cupboards and stools. Includes lacquer pieces, many zitan examples and many other fine woods. The apogee of craftsmanship and innovation in this furniture came in the mid-Qing period, as can be seen from the numerous fabulous and extraordinary examples. A good
number of pieces show European influence and it is possible that some pieces were originally in the Yuanmingyuan European palaces.
A total of 416 examples are illustrated (many showing close-up detail) in Volume One with thorough discussion and further illustration in Volume Two. In Chinese. Recommended.
147 Huang Pei: AUTOCRACY AT WORK. A Study of the Yung-cheng Period, 1723-1735. Bloomington, 1974. xii,
500 pp. 3 plates. 6 tables, notes, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Intensively examines China’s autocracy during Yongzheng reign. With both coercive and persuasive methods, the emperor was able
to reshape all the influential political forces — aristocracy, bureaucracy, and the local elite — after his ideal.
148 Huang, Ray: 1587, A YEAR OF NO SIGNIFICANCE. The Ming Dynasty in Decline. New Haven, 1981. xiii, 278
pp. 16 plates with many illustrations. 24x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£45.00
By describing the lives of seven prominent officials, Huang gives a vivid portrayal of the court & ruling class of late imperial China,
whose actions led to the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming. A masterpiece of scholarly work.
149 Hui Guangzong: ZHONGGUO TUSHI: JIEKAI ZIJINCHENG CHUJIAN BUJU ZHI AOMI. Discovering
the Secret Geomancy Behind the Layouts of the Forbidden City. 中國圖式 ： 揭開紫禁城初建佈局之奧秘 。
惠光宗 編著. Taibei, 2001. 211 pp. Colour plates, diagrams and tables throughout. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Unusual and intriguing. A contemporary application of geomancy with a intermixture of connoisseurship concerning the Forbidden
City and its material culture. In Chinese only. Now out-of-print.
150 Imperial Museum comp: QINGDAI BEIJING HUANGCHENG XIEZHEN TIE. Photographs of Palace
Buildings of Peking. 清代北京皇城寫真帖. Beijing, 2000. 19 pp. Chinese text. 170 b/w plates. 42x29 cm. Loose
in silk portfolio.
£250.00
High quality reprint in a slightly-reduced format of the extremely rare Japanese edition (1906) which was produced as one result of
the Commission sent in 1901 after the Boxer Rebellion to investigate the arrangement, construction and decoration of the Palace
Buildings in the Forbidden City and other Palace Grounds. Superb, large-size collotype plates by Ogawa Kazumasa. The views include the Forbidden City, Jingshan, Beihai, Zhongnanhai, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Temple of Agriculture, Altar of the Sun,
Yonghegong, the Yellow Temple and a couple of views of shop fronts in the Dongsi area. Curiously, the reprint lacks two plates (nos.
169 and 170) which show views of the Japanese military headquarters in the Dongsi area. The introduction states that these were removed ‘due to their content’ (?!) and one can only speculate as to the reasons. Not that this detracts from what is one of the best and
most evocative photographic collections showing the state of the imperial precincts at the end of the Qing dynasty. Many of the palace
buildings are shabby and the forecourts overgrown with weeds, underlining the disarray and disrepair of the ruling house. All the plates
have captions in English and Chinese. Text in Chinese only.
151 Jernigan, Muriel Molland: FORBIDDEN CITY. New York, 1954. 247 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A fictionalised account of the life of ‘Nala’ who was to become Cixi, the Empress Dowager. With much court intrigue and politics plus
Cixi’s supposed love affair with the Manchu lord Jung Lu. Written by a lady who lived in Peking in the early 20th century. An enjoyable read. Rare.
152 Johnston, Reginald F: TWILIGHT IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Oxford, 1987. xi, 486 pp. 42 plates (some
folding). Folding map. Index. 22x14 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Reprint of the original 1934 edition. From 1919 to 1924 Johnston, a British colonial official, served as tutor & adviser to the last emperor of China. This is Johnston’s account of that period. Paperback.
153 Ledderose, Lothar ed: PALASTMUSEUM PEKING — SCHÄTZE AUS DER VERBOTENEN STADT.
Frankfurt, 1985. 270 pp. 177 illustrations in b/w, 52 in colour, maps, plans, glossary & bibliography. 27x22 cm.
Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue to the exhibition of treasures from the Palace Museum, Peking, held in Berlin in 1985. The catalogue contains detailed descriptions of the objects on view and essays on the art and cultural history of China by many experts. In German.
154 Li Guorong ed: QING GONG DANG’AN JIEMI. (The Secret Archives of the Qing Court). 清宮當案揭秘 。
李國榮 主編. Beijing, 2007. 8, 3, 6, 353 pp. 8 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 24x16 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Detailed study of the Qing dynasty Court archives. Second edition. In Chinese.
155 Li Shaobai: ZUO JIN GUGONG. Photo-Crawling the Forbidden City: A Personal Retrospective of Li Shaobai.
走近故宮 。 李少白 攝影. Beijing, 1997. 94 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x27 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Fine photography of the Forbidden City in various moods and weather conditions through the year. In English and Chinese.
156 Li Shi ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI YI BIAN. (The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the Palace
Museum Part I). 故宮書畫館 第一編 。 李湜 主編. Beijing, 2008. 186 pp. 138 colour plates. 8 foldouts. 32x25
cm. Boards.
£60.00
Catalogue of the first part of an ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing
showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from across the ages in the Gugong Museum’s holdings, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. Many of the exhibits in this and subsequent exhibitions were in the former imperial collection. This first exhibition showed 69 works including 12 works dating from the Tang to the Yuan, 22 Ming dynasty and 35 Qing dynasty
masterpieces. All illustrated in fine colour and described. Text in Chinese.
157 Li Shuxian: MY HUSBAND PU YI: THE LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA. 我的丈夫溥儀－中國的末代皇帝
。 李淑賢 憶述 倪娜 翻譯. Beijing, 2008. vi, 282 pp. Numerous b/w photographs. 23x17 cm. Wrappers. £25.00
Fascinating story of Li Shuxian and her life with Pu Yi. In English.
158 Li Wenda ed: REN LONG REN: PUYI HUAZHUAN. (Man, Dragon, Man: A Pictorial History of Pu Yi, the Last
Emperor). Beijing, 1988. 138 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A photo-history of the life of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China. With much fascinating material, particularly the latter years of his life
under the communists. Also shows many figures who were associated with his life. Text in Chinese.
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159 Li Wenru ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN 80 NIAN. (Eighty Years of the Gugong Museum). 故宮博物院80年 。
李文儒 主編. Beijing, 2005. 348 pp. Duotone photographs throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
Produced for its 80th anniversary, this is a detailed chronology and photo-history (over some 220 pages) of the Gugong Museum. There
is a further section devoted to an outline of the development and current state of the museum during its 80 years and, finally, two appendixes with a table of all exhibitions that have been held at the Gugong, and a chronology of exhibitions and other major events from
1913 at the ‘Guwu Chenliesuo’ a precursor/parallel institution that was reincorporated into the Gugong proper in 1984. A very interesting work on this renowned institution. In Chinese.
160 Ling, Princess Der: KOWTOW. New York, 1929. xii, 322 pp. 6 colour plates. 22x15 cm. Decorative cloth.
£60.00
Written by a favourite of the dowager Empress, Ci Xi. The third of Princess Der Ling’s books is again autobiographical and focuses
on life in the 1920s and 1930s. Plates illustrated by S. Pinkus. A very fine and clean copy with bright decorative gilt cover of a seated
mandarin.
161 Liu Beisi and Xu Qixian: GUGONG ZHENCANG RENWU ZHAOPIAN HUICUI. Exquisite Figure-Pictures
from the Palace Museum. 故宮珍藏人物照片薈萃. Beijing, 1994. 327 pp. B/w photographs throughout printed in
duotone. 14 colour plates. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£75.00
The quality of photographs in this collections is astounding and the historical interest they reflect is just as striking. Chiefly portraits
of famous statespersons, members of the court, concubines, Pu Yi etc., also includes theatrical shots and ‘A Glimpse at the Society’.
Contents and captions in English, otherwise Chinese text.
162 Lu Shun: SONS OF HEAVEN. Famous Chinese Emperors in History. Beijing, 2008. 207 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£75.00
A detailed exploration of the lives, reigns and achievements of twelve famous Chinese emperors. They are in order: Qin Shi Huang,
Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Wu
Zetian, Emperor Taizu of Song, Emperor Shizu of Yuan (Kublai Khan), Emperor Chengzu of Ming (Yongle), Emperor Shengzu of Qing
(Kangxi), Emperor Gaozong of Qing (Qianlong). Good well-researched text. In English.
163 MacFarquhar, Roderick: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. China’s Ancient Capital. Wonders of Man. New York, 1972.
172 pp. Chronology, bibliography, 115 illustrations, 50 in colour, 4 maps. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Includes a special section on the Forbidden City in literature.
164 Mitamura, Taisuke: CHINESE EUNUCHS. The Structure of Intimate Politics. Boston, 2000. 176 pp. 20x13 cm.
Paper.
£30.00
Professor Mitamura hides nothing, tracing the history of eunuchs from its earliest days through to its banning in 1924.
165 Musée de Versailles: KANGXI: EMPEREUR DE CHINE (1662-1722): LA CITE INTERDITE A
VERSAILLES. (Kangxi: Emperor of China (1622-1722): The Forbidden City at Versailles). Versailles, 2004. 288
pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates throughout. 30x24 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée de Versailles on the Qing dynasty Kangxi Emperor. With loans from the Forbidden City, Musée
Guimet and other French museums, the exhibition builds a picture of the life and works of the Emperor. Shows seals, paintings, armour, costumes, ceramics and exhibits in numerous other media — a multitude of superb objects. In French. Out of print. Abrading to
glassine film cover at bottom of front cover, otherwise fine.
166 Musée Guimet: LES TRES RICHES HEURES DE LA COUR DE CHINE: CHEFS-D’OEUVRE DE LA
PEINTURE IMPERIALE DES QING 1662-1979. (The Very Rich Hours of the Court of China: Masterpieces
of Chinese Imperial Painting: 1662-1796). Paris, 2006. 237 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers.
£50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée Guimet in Paris presenting, for the first time, exceptional Qing dynasty scroll paintings in the
Guimet’s collection celebrating events during the reigns of the three Qing emperors, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. These scroll
paintings very much complement the superb scroll painting shown at the Royal Academy exhibition, China: The Three Emperors. In
addition, fine ceramics and other objects from the period in the Guimet collection are displayed. Illustrated throughout in colour. Extensive descriptive texts and essays. In French.
167 Museu de Arte de Macau: HAIGUO BOLAN: QINGDAI GONGTING XIYANG CHUANJIAOSHI HUASHI
HUIHUA LIUPAI JINGPIN. The Golden Exile: Pictorial Expressions of the School of Western Missionaries’
Artworks of the Qing Dynasty Court/Exilio Dorados: Expressoes Pictoricas da Escola dos Missionarios Ocidentais
Obras de Arte da Corte Dinastia Qing. 海國波瀾 ： 清代宮廷西洋傳教士畫師繪畫流派精品. Macau, 2002. 335
pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations. Foldout. 36x26 cm. Cloth.
£175.00
Large commemorative and detailed catalogue of an excellent exhibition at the Museum of Art in Macau of a loan exhibition from the
Gugong Museum in Beijing of 156 exhibits of Jesuit missionary painting undertaken during the Qing dynasty in the Forbidden City
in Beijing. The exhibits include nearly all the known paintings in the Gugong Museum collection by western painters resident at the
Qing court. There is a focus on the role of Macau as an entry point to China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. This work shows
the majority of the exhibits in fine colour plates. Illustrated throughout. A number of useful and interesting essays. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. Out-of-print and difficult to obtain.
168 Museu de Arte de Macau: HUAIBAO GU JIN. Vivencias do Imperador Qian Long: The Life of Emperor Qian
Long. 懷抱古今. Macau, 2002. c.400 pp. Colour plates throughout. Foldouts. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£175.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Art in Macau of a loan exhibition from the Palace Museum in Beijing of 108 items relating to the life of the Qianlong Emperor. In six sections: Institutions of Civil Administrations, Imperial Painting and Calligraphy, Appreciating Antiques and Collecting Treasures, Graceful Appreciation in the Imperial Study, Auspicious Articles of Tibetan Buddhism,
Imperial Travelling and Hunting. The exhibits includes imperial seals and other exquisite scholar’s studio objects, rare books, ceramics, cloisonné and bronze. A couple of the exhibits appear to have been in the 2002 Edinburgh exhibition on Qianlong but the majority of items are different and, indeed, the Edinburgh exhibition consisted of 78 items. This is a large and luxurious catalogue of a
wonderful exhibition showing the cream of imperial art with large colour plates of all exhibits, including panoramic foldouts of scroll
paintings. The main text is in Chinese with truncated texts in English and Portuguese. Out of print and we unfortunately only have a
limited number of copies.
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169 Museu de Arte de Macau: SHENGSHI FENGHUA:GUGONG CANG QINGDAI KANG YONG QIAN
SHUHUA CIWU JINGPIN. Splendors of a Flourishing Age: Paintings and Antiques of the Kangxi, Yongzheng
and Qianlong Reigns from the Forbidden City. 盛世風華：故宮藏清代康雍乾書畫器物精品. Macau, 2002. 421
pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations. 7 foldouts. 36x27 cm. Boards.
£180.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Macau Museum of Art showing 120 of the finest artworks produced during the three peak reigns of
the Qing dynasty and from the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Predominantly comprises fine paintings and handscrolls
and porcelain plus some calligraphy, scientific instruments and enamels. Essays accompany. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. Out-of-print.
170 Museu de Arte de Macau: SUI GU LAI JIN: QINGZHU GUGONG BOWUYUAN JIANYUAN BASHI ZHOU
NIAN: QINGGONG FANGGU WENWU JINGPIN TEJI. Views of Antiquity in the Qing Imperial Palace:
Special Exhibition to Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Palace Museum. 邃古來今 ：
慶祝故宮博物院建院八十周年 ： 清宮仿古文物精品特展. Macau, 2005. 446; 115 pp. Colour plates throughout
£195.00
volume one. B/w text illustrations throughout volume two. 2 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth and paper.
Massive and heavy commemorative two-volume catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Art in Macau of a loan exhibition of
Qing dynasty imperial art from the superb collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Examines the trend for the reproduction of
antiquities by the Qing emperors that reached its zenith of expression under the Qianlong emperor. 147 superb objects in various
media — jade, ceramic, lacquer, inkstones, carving, calligraphy and painting — are illustrated in excellent colour plates and fully described. Accompanying essays. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. See the review in Asian Art Newspaper February 2006.
Difficult to obtain.
171 Museu de Arte de Macau: TIANXIA JIAGUO: YI WU JIAN SHI GUGONG ZHUANTI WENWU TEJI.
Witness the Qing Empire: Cultural Relics from the Palace Museum. 天下家國：以物見史故宮專題文物特集.
Macau, 2007. 436; 75 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w text illustrations. 2 foldouts. 4 vols. 37x27 cm. Boards.
£195.00
Large format four-volume catalogue of a marvellous exhibition at the Macau Museum of Art exploring the history of the Qing dynasty
from an imperial perspective assisted by 120 major loans from the Gugong Museum in Beijing. It explores the Qing dynasty chronologically with portraits of emperors and empresses, imperial seals, paintings, books and documents and many other superb imperial
objects in various media, many little, if ever, previously exhibited. Shows series of paintings relating to suppression of rebellions during various periods of the Qing dynasty such as the Jinchuan rebellion and the suppression of the Gurkhas during the Qianlong reign.
These paintings closely resemble the copperplate engravings produced to represent the conquests of Qianlong and may have been
used as source material for their production. Also reproduces in full an album of 36 paintings by the artist Li Zongwan showing scenes
of the Imperial Summer Resort at Chengde accompanied by poems composed by the Qianlong Emperor. The exhibition was in five
chronological sections: The Qing Regime and its Southbound Expedition through the Pass; Birth of the Golden Age of the Kang-Qian;
China Before and After the Opium Wars; Qixiang Coup and the Tongzhi Resurgence; Hundred Days Reform and Political Reform in
the Late Qing Dynasty. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. Out-of-print.
172 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst: BILDER FUR DIE HALLE DES PURPURGLANZES: CHINESISCHE
OFFIZIERPORTRATS UND SCHLACHTENKUPFER DER ARA QIANLONG (1736-1795). (Portraits for
the Forbidden City: Chinese Portraits of Military Officials and Copperplate Engravings of Battle Scenes from the
Qianlong Era (1736-1795)). Berlin, 2003. 69 pp. Colour and b/w plates and illustrations throughout. 23x19 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin. In addition to the full-length portraits and copperplate
engravings (done by Castiglione and others), there are illustrations of a number of large lacquer plaques with battle scenes derived
from the engravings. In German.
173 National Palace Museum: ART AND CULTURE OF THE SUNG DYNASTY 960-1279. China at the Inception
of the Second Millennium. 千禧年宋代文物大展. Taibei, 2006. 455 pp. 223 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations.
34x26 cm. Paper.
£80.00
A wonderful exhibition held by the National Palace Museum in Taipei to commemorate the millennium. The exhibition looks back
1000 years to the Song dynasty in power at the start of the second millennium when Chinese art reached a pinnacle of sophistication.
The exhibition is split into five sections: The Tao and Art, Nature as Teacher, The Beauty of Simplicity, Life and Art, Cultural Synthesis. Drawing on its stunning holdings of Song dynasty art from the former Chinese imperial collection in the Forbidden City, 189 objects are displayed — primarily calligraphy, paintings and ceramics but also bronzes, books, jades, lacquer etc. Introductions and
captions in English, otherwise Chinese only. An exhibition that truly shows the artistic achievements of the Song. Recommended. Now
out-of-print.
174 National Palace Museum: BILU: MINGDAI LONGQUANYAO QINGHUA. Green — Longquan Celadon of the
Ming Dynasty. 碧綠 ： 明代龍泉窯青花. Taibei, 2009. iv, 298 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm.
Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing 66 examples of the highest-quality Ming dynasty longquan
celadons from the former Chinese imperial collection. The catalogue, however, shows a total of 135 Ming dynasty examples (including the exhibition exhibits) and 25 Song dynasty pieces. The Ming dynasty examples extend in date up to the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. Thus the catalogue, in addition to being a detailed exhibition guide, is a useful research and reference
tool. All examples illustrated in colour, many with multiple views and close-up views. Introduction, list of contents, summaries of essays and captions in English. Main text in Chinese. Recommended.
175 National Palace Museum: CHENGHUA CIQI TEZHAN TULU. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ch’engHua Porcelain Ware, 1465-1487. 成化瓷器特展圖錄. Taibei, 2003. 199 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Paper.
£70.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taipei of 208 (!) pieces of Chenghua period porcelain — blue-andwhite, doucai and a few monochromes — together with a few later copies and imitations. All exhibits from the former Chinese imperial collection. Many pieces are shown in multiple views, some of the interior decoration. Base marks are shown for all pieces. An
important reference on the subject. Near dual text in Chinese and English.
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176 National Palace Museum: DA GUAN: BEI SONG RUYAO TE ZHAN. Grand View: Special Exhibition of Ju
Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty. 大觀 ： 北宋汝窯特展. Taibei, 2006. 215 pp. Numerous colour plates.
£50.00
29x30 cm. Cloth.
Catalogue of a very fine exhibition displaying the finest examples in the outstanding collection of Ru ware held by the National Palace
Museum in Taibei and, thus, from the former Chinese imperial collection. 48 superb examples of this rarest of wares are shown — all
illustrated in colour and described. Many of the pieces are shown in multiple views, including bases and inscriptions incised at the
order of the Qianlong emperor. Good amount of text in English, including introduction, list of plates and descriptions. Fuller text in
Chinese.
177 National Palace Museum: DA HAN DE SHIJI: MENGYUAN SHIDAI DE DUOYUAN WENHUA YU YISHU.
Age of the Great Khan: Pluralism in Chinese Art and Culture under the Mongols. 大汗的世紀 ：
蒙元時代的多元文化與藝術. Taibei, 2001. 357 pp. 161 pp. colour plates. B/w illustrations. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Exhibition catalogue of 166 exhibits of Chinese art in various media dating from the Yuan dynasty all from the superlative collection
of the National Palace Museum. Includes paintings, rare books, jade, lacquer, ceramics and textiles. Apart from the exhibition’s intention to show the diversity of Chinese art under Mongol rule, this exhibition represents the cream of Yuan dynasty art in the National
Palace Museum. Introduction, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
178 National Palace Museum: EMPTY VESSELS, REPLENISHED MINDS: THE CULTURE, PRACTICE AND
ART OF TEA. Ye Keyi Qingxin — Cha Qi, Cha Shi, Cha Hua. 也可以清心 ： 茶器、 茶事、 茶畫. Taibei,
2002. 199 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Catalogue of a truly memorable and quite wonderful exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Tea in Chinese art ranging from
Song album leaves and ceramics through Ming landscapes and Chenghua cups to Qing falangcai porcelains and court paintings. The
majority of the 179 exhibits are of exceptional quality, being from the imperial collections, and all are shown in excellent colour. Main
text in Chinese but with a good amount of text also in English including captions. Recommended. Now out-of-print.
179 National Palace Museum: AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY CH’IU YING. Taibei, 1989. 105 pp. 99 plates and
illustrations in colour, 54 in b/w. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
20 paintings by this famous Ming artist illustrated in full and in detail. Text mainly in Chinese, but with English résumé.
180 National Palace Museum: GONGTING ZHI YA: QINGDAI FANGGU JI HUAYI YUQI TEZHAN TULU.
Refined Taste of the Emperor: Archaic/Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court. Taibei, 1997. 210 pp. Colour plates
throughout, b/w text illustrations. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A special exhibition of 73 jade objects commissioned by the Qianlong emperor whose preference for jade was instrumental in the
flourishing jade production of his reign. Reflects the Emperor’s likes and dislikes. A fascinating insight illustrated with beautiful pieces.
181 National Palace Museum: GREAT PAINTINGS OF THE SUNG DYNASTY IN THE NATIONAL PALACE
MUSEUM. Gugong Song Hua Jinghua. 故宮宋畫精華. Tokyo, 1976. 240 pp. Chinese, Japanese & English text.
180 plates, about 100 in colour. 6 vols. 50x37 cm. Cloth, 3 cloth cases.
£2,900.00
Large format catalogues of the best Song paintings in the Museum. Many of the album leaves are shown actual or near actual size.
All from the former Chinese imperial collection in the Forbidden City. Three volumes of exquisite colour plates and three smaller volumes of text. This is an excellent publication, now out-of-print and hard to find.
182 National Palace Museum: GU SE: 16-18 SHIJI YISHU DE FANGGU FENG. Through the Prism of the Past:
Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th-18th Centuries. 古色 ： 十六至十八世紀藝術的仿古風. Taibei,
2003. 320 pp. 182 colour plates. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£70.00
Catalogue of a quite superb and highly sophisticated exhibition at the National Palace Museum that explores antiquarian trends in
Chinese art from the middle Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing dynasty. The material collected examines the use of archaic
and earlier art forms, their copying and interpretation during this period — for example archaic bronzes and jades, Song painting,
Song ceramics etc. It also questions our understanding of ‘antiquarian’ during the 16th to 18th centuries. With a large number of
scholar’s studio objects from the period, giving insights into the life and collecting habits of the literati and the imperial court. Colour
plates throughout showing 182 superb objects. Introductions to each section, captions, list of plates and some essays in English. Main
text in Chinese. An important contribution. Recommended.
183 National Palace Museum: GUGONG CIQI LU — MING 1-4. (Catalogue of Ming Porcelains in the Gugong
Museum). Taibei, 1962. Each volume c. 280 pp. Chinese text only. 4 vols. 24x15 cm. Half-cloth.
£150.00
This is the complete catalogue of the various Ming porcelains in the National Palace Museum’s collection, and thus a major part of
the Chinese imperial collection. Also includes the Ming pieces in the Central Museum’s collection. Text in Chinese.
184 National Palace Museum: GUOSE TIANXIANG: YISILAN YUQI. Exquisite Beauty — Islamic Jades. 國色天香
： 伊斯蘭玉器. Taibei, 2007. 287 pp. Numerous colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x21 cm. Wrappers.
£80.00
Catalogue of a superb exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing superb Islamic jades beloved by the Qing dynasty
emperors of China. 242 exquisite jades are shown comprising nearly the entire holding of Islamic jades in the museum’s collection. A
previous exhibition at the museum over 20 years ago showed a ‘mere’ 82 jades! All jades are illustrated in colour, many in multiple
views. Bases are shown as are rubbings of designs on the pieces. Near dual text in Chinese and English including detailed essays including information on such matters as floral designs on the jades and inlay techniques. The catalogue contains the results of much
research conducted since the previous exhibition and undoubtedly comprises a prime reference on these superb and rare objects. Recommended.
185 National Palace Museum: HEGUANG TICAI: GUGONG CANG QI. Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours:
Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum. 和光剔采 ： 故宮藏漆. Taibei, 2008. 200 pp. Colour
plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
A fine work discussing and illustrating 200 of the finest Chinese lacquers in the museum’s collection, all from the former imperial Chinese collection. Focusses mainly on Ming and Qing dynasty lacquers and includes previously-unpublished examples. In addition, this
work is of much interest due to its study of major stylistic movements in Chinese lacquer carving. The book has the following chap-
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ters: Prologue: Sung and Yuan Dynasty Lacquerware; The Yung-Hsuan Stylistic Lineage; The Chia-Wan Stylistic Lineage; The Ch’ienlung Stylistic Lineage; The Revival of Private Lacquerware in the Late Ch’ing and early Republic. Prefaces, introductions to each section and list of plates in English. Main text in Chinese. A good contribution to the literature on the subject based on the world’s finest
collection of Chinese lacquer.
186 National Palace Museum: HUALI CAICI: QIANLONG YANGCAI. Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the
Ch’ien-lung Reign. 華麗彩瓷 ： 乾隆洋彩. Taibei, 2008. 306 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates. Colour text
illustrations. 29x21 cm. Wrappers.
£70.00
Catalogue of a stunning and important exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei of exquisitely-painted yangcai Chinese
porcelains dating from the Qianlong reign. Includes many previously unpublished pieces. Yangcai (’foreign colour’) ceramics were a
synthesis of western painting techniques and falangcai enamel glazes first produced in the early Qianlong period. It seems that the Qianlong emperor was much involved with the design and approval of these ceramics. The ceramics include those painted with intricate
and delicate designs and others with beautifully-painted scenes ranging from snowscapes to delicately-rendered flowers and those with
‘flower brocade’ designs. This exhibition shows nearly the entire holding of the museum’s collection of Qianlong yangcai porcelain,
mostly produced between 1741 and 1744. The 101 superb exhibits are all illustrated in full colour, many with multiple views and closeup detail. Introduction, essay, good list of plates with detail plus captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Recommended.
187 National Palace Museum: HUANGCHENG JUZHEN: QINGDAI DIANBEN TUSHU TEZHAN. (Treasures
from the Imperial City: A Special Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Illustrated Court Printing). 皇城聚珍 ：
清代殿本圖書特展. Taibei, 2007. 63 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates. 29x30 cm. Paper.
£20.00
A small paperback catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei. In Chinese.
188 National Palace Museum: KEZHI FENGHUA: SONGDAI KESI HUANIAO ZHAN TULU. Weaving a
Tapestry of Splendors: Bird-and-Flower Tapestries of the Sung Dynasty. 緙織風華 ： 宋代緙絲花鳥展圖錄.
Taibei, 2009. viii, 125 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum showing seldom-seen and highly-accomplished Song dynasty tapestries
which bear bird-and-flower designs, a feature of Song dynasty painting here expressed in an embroidered form. 23 of the finest of such
works from the collection, all of which were in the former Chinese imperial collection, are here shown in full page colour plates and
with close-up detail. Of particular interest are a number of microscopic photographs showing the structure and weave of the tapestries — useful for research and identification. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
189 National Palace Museum: LONG ZANGJING: QING KANGXI CHAO NEIFU NIJIN ZANGWEN XIEBEN
TUXIANG ZHI BU. (The Tibetan Dragon Sutra: Tibetan-language edition, hand-copied in gold ink K’ang-hsi
reign (1661-1722), Ch’ing dynasty: Illuminations). 龍藏經：清康熙朝內府泥金藏文寫本圖像之部. Taibei, 2007.
285; 347 pp. Over 440 pp. colour plates. 2 vols. 37x26 cm. Boards.
£250.00
A fine two-volume work reproducing and discussing a magnificent illustrated palace edition of the Dragon Sutra in Tibetan in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taibei. The sutra was completed over 300 years ago in the 8th year of the reign of the Kangxi
emperor (1669 A.D.). The sutra was copied onto celadon blue paper, each page measuring 87x33cm and is written in gilt standard Tibetan script. The sutra contains the Kangyur, the Tibetan translation of the teachings of Sakyamuni. The unique aspect of the sutra are
the coloured Buddha images contained within. A total of 756 images are found in the manuscript. The sutra combines both Tibetan
and Chinese artistic styles and comprises one of the finest examples of Tibetan Buddhist painting together with providing much opportunity for the study of palace painting in the early Qing dynasty. Two page preface in English. Main text in Chinese.
190 National Palace Museum: MINGDAI CHUNIAN CIQI TEZHAN MULU. Special Exhibition of Early Ming
Porcelain. Taibei, 1982. 31 pp. text, 20 plates and 113 illustrations. 25x25 cm. Paper
£30.00
Text in Chinese and English. Exhibits are shown from various angles and with their marks and inscriptions.
191 National Palace Museum: QIANLONG HUANGDI DE WENHUA DAYE. Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand
Cultural Enterprise. 乾隆皇帝的文化大業. Taibei, 2002. 303 pp. c. 200 pp. colour plates. B/w illustrations. 31x22
cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Catalogue of a major and most sophisticated exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan examining the collecting, connoisseurship and artistic patronage of the Qianlong emperor who, more than any other Qing emperor, shaped the art collection of the Qing
court that today forms the core of the Museum’s holdings. The exhibition is divided into five sections: The August Emperor, Cultural
Advisors to the Emperor, Classical Learning, Cultural Nexus, Renewing Tradition. The 197 exhibits cover the entire range of media
of Chinese art from ceramics and paintings to jades, works of art and printing. They fall into two main categories; earlier works that
entered the imperial collection and, predominantly, works and objects produced during the Emperor’s reign. Preface, list of plates and
captions in English. Detailed descriptive texts and essays in Chinese. Out-of-print.
192 National Palace Museum: QING SHIZONG WENWU DAZHAN. Harmony and Integrity: The Yongzheng
Emperor and His Times. 雍正 清世宗文物大展. Taibei, 2009. 457 pp. Numerous full page colour plates throughout.
30x23 cm. Wrappers.
£65.00
Large and heavy catalogue of a magnificent exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei exploring the artistic and cultural
legacy of the Yongzheng emperor, whose reign from 1723-1735 is viewed as being one of the high points of the Qing dynasty and one
of the most controversial and little-understood, indeed misunderstood. The exhibition is in two major sections: ‘The Life and Times of
the Yongzheng Emperor’ and ‘Art and Culture in the Yongzheng Era’. Each section is subdivided into numerous categories examining
topics as diverse as imperial printing, western missionary painters and their influence, archaism and innovation in the arts, symbols
of imperial authority, administering the empire, life at court, religious beliefs, refined taste of the literati ... and much more. The exhibition includes 37 major loans from the Gugong Museum in Beijing which feature alongside and complement over 200 objects selected
from the National Palace Museum collection. Includes ceramics, paintings, inkstones and other scholar’s studio objects, snuff bottles,
printed books, calligraphy and objects in numerous other media. Illustrated throughout in colour. Prefaces, list of contents, list of
plates, general introduction, introductions to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
193 National Palace Museum: QINGDAI FUSHI ZHANLAN TULU. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ch’ing Dynasty
Costume Accessories. 清代服飾展覽圖錄. Taibei, 1986. 352 pp. 360 colour plates & illustrations. 25x25 cm.
Paper.
£55.00
A sumptuous catalogue illustrating jewellery, hairpins, hat finials, thumb rings, buttons, etc. which were part of Qing court dress. All
the material is from the former imperial household. Text in Chinese and English.
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194 National Palace Museum: QINGDAI HUA FALANG TEZHAN MULU. Special Exhibition of Painted Enamels
of the Qing Dynasty. 清代畫琺琅特展目錄. Taibei, 1979. 40 pp. Chinese and English text. Plus c. 100 additional
£35.00
pp. with 13 colour plates, 151 illustrations. 26x25 cm. Paper.
Exhibits are shown from various angles and with marks and inscriptions.
195 National Palace Museum: QINGGONG SHIHUI: YUANCANG RIBEN QIQI TEZHAN. Japanese
Lacquerware from the Ch’ing Imperial Collection. 凊宮蒔繪 ： 院藏日本漆器特展 。 陳慧霞 文字撰. Taibei,
2002. 99 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of 80 wonderful examples of Japanese lacquerware held in the Qing imperial collection. The Qing emperors, in particular Kangxi and Qianlong, coveted Japanese lacquer and acquired superb examples during their reigns. List of contents, introduction and contents in English. Main text in Chinese.
196 National Palace Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF CH’ING DYNASTY ENAMELLED PORCELAINS
OF THE IMPERIAL ATELIERS. Qing Gongzhong Falangcai. Taibei, 1992. 281 pp. 146 pieces illustrated in
colour, including marks. 26x25 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£70.00
Lavish exhibition catalogue of 146 superb objects of the highest craftsmanship from the unparalleled collection of the National Palace
Museum in Taibei. Emphatically demonstrates the exquisite workmanship of the Qing imperial workshops in falangcai decoration on
ceramics. All exhibits from the former Chinese imperial collection. Dual text in English and Chinese.
197 National Palace Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF EMBROIDERY. Taibei, 1992. 150 pp. 41 textiles
illustrated in full colour, many with details. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Excellent reproductions of some of the Museum’s best embroideries, dating from Song to Qing period. English and Chinese text.
198 National Palace Museum: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF TAPESTRY. Taibei, 1989. 114 pp. 81 plates in colour.
Text in Chinese and English. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum of 41 superb silk kesi tapestries dating from the Song to Qing dynasties,
illustrated in colour both in full and with details. Introduction and list of plates in English, main text in Chinese.
199 National Palace Museum: TAPESTRY AND EMBROIDERY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL
PALACE MUSEUM. Tokyo, 1970. 65 pp. English and 97 pp. Japanese text. 150 colour plates & 259 b/w
illustrations. 4 vols. 47x37 cm. Silk.
£750.00
Two large folio volumes with plates and two quarto volumes of text. An account of textiles from the former Imperial collection. A total
of over 250 objects are illustrated in high-quality colour plates.
200 National Palace Museum: TIANLU LINGLANG: QIANLONG YU LAN ZHI BAO. The T’ien-Lu Lin-lang
Library: Treasured Rare Books of the Ch’ing Inner Court. 天祿琳琅 ： 乾隆御覽之寶. Taibei, 2007. 63 pp. Colour
plates throughout with English. 26x19 cm. Wrappers.
£20.00
Based on the collections of the National Palace Museum in Taibei, this small exhibition catalogue examines the Tianlu Linlang library
established by the Qianlong emperor in the Qing dynasty. Introductions to each section and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
201 National Palace Museum: XIAJING SHANSHUI HUA TEZHAN TULU. A Special Exhibition of Summer
Landscape Paintings. 夏景山水畫特展圖錄. Taibei, 1991. 116 pp. 34 paintings illustrated in full colour, many
with details. 31x22 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Another exhibition in the Museum’s series of exhibitions of paintings of the seasons.
202 National Palace Museum: XIN SHIJIE: LANG SHINING YU QING GONG XIYANG FENG. New Visions at
the Ch’ing Court: Giuseppe Castiglione and Western-Style Trends. 新視界：郎世寧輿清宮西羊風. Taibei, 2007.
163 pp. Numerous fullpage colour plates (one foldout). B/w text illustrations. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing the work of Castiglione and related works showing western influence in Qing dynasty court painting. Thirty six exhibits are shown, the majority being paintings by Castiglione formerly in the
Chinese imperial collection. Also includes work by other western missionaries Near dual text in Chinese and English including preface, essays, captions and descriptions of plates.
203 National Palace Museum ed: GUGONG KUA SHIJI DASHI LUYAO: ZHAOSHI, BOQIAN, FUYUAN. (The
National Palace Museum Crosses the Millennium: Its Origins, Dissemination, and Resettlement).
故宮跨世紀大事錄要 ： 肇始、 播遷、 復院. Taibei, 2000. 389; 429 pp. Numerous colour and b/w plates. 2
vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Fascinating and detailed work on the history of the National Palace Museum in Taibei from its origins as the Gugong Museum in Beijing, its travels and tribulations throughout the 1930s and 1940s and its resettlement in Taiwan from the end of the 1940s up to the
present day. The most fascinating material is on the early days of the Museum when in Beijing, the inventory following the expulsion
of Pu Yi, the establishment of the Gugong Museum and the collection’s travels around China avoiding the Japanese, its travels to Taiwan and its early days in Taizhong. There is also much on the National Palace Museum’s recent history at its home outside Taibei. In
Chinese.
204 Nie Chongzhen ed: PING’AN CHUNXIN TU YANJIU. (Research into the Painting ‘Ping’an Chunxin Tu’ by
Guiseppe Castiglione). 平安春信圖研究 。 聶崇正 主編. Beijing, 2008. 63 pp. Numerous colour plates. 30x23
cm. Boards.
£60.00
Contains detailed research essays into the versions of the famous and important painting ‘Ping’an Chunxin Tu’, painted by Guiseppe
Castiglione, showing the Yongzheng emperor with the future Qianlong emperor. An important study. Well-illustrated in colour. Text in
Chinese.
205 Okuyama, T. & Ogawa, K: THE DECORATION OF THE PALACE BUILDINGS IN PEKING. (Pekin Kojo
Kenchiku Soshoku/Beijing Huangcheng Jianzhu Zhuangshi). 北京皇城建築裝飾. Imperial University of Tokyo:
College of Engineering Report No 7. Beijing, 2007. 8, 70, 84 pp. text; 80 loose numbered plates plus 1 unnumbered,
of which 20 coloured, including 3 watercolours and 2 maps. 48x38 cm. Loose plates in folio and text volume.
£450.00
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Fine facsimile reproduction of a very rare and magnificent report published by the Commission sent by the Imperial University of
Tokyo to Peking in 1901, following the relief of the foreign legations from the Boxers and the occupation of Peking by the Eight Allied
Army. A huge variety of decorative features of the palace buildings in Peking are illustrated. In addition to the decoration on the buildings, there are also a number of vignettes showing palace and hall interiors. An important reference and visual record of the decoration of the imperial palaces at the beginning of the twentieth century — a time when, due to the decline of the Qing dynasty, they had
been untouched for some time. The loose plates are not photographs. They are very detailed drawings and reproductions of decorative detail. A lot of time and effort was obviously expended in their execution and production of the work. The majority of the 80 plates
are coloured to varying degrees in beige, grey, green and some red. Twenty plates were hand-coloured and mounted on black card.
These include three delightful watercolours showing the Yiheyuan (Summer Palace), the Yingtai buildings on Nan Hai and the Qianqing Hall in the Forbidden City. The two map plates show a plan of the city of Peking and a plan of the Forbidden City on one, the
other showing the Xi Yuan park of the three lakes (Bei Hai, Zhong Hai and Nan Hai) adjacent to the Gugong. The 81st unnumbered
plate gives Japanese architectural terms accompanied by relevant illustration. The accompanying text volume contains the Japanese
and English texts found in the original, but here reduced in size. The plates have captions in English. Limited edition of 300 copies.
206 Paludan, Ann: CHRONICLE OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS. The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of
Imperial China. London, 1998. 224 pp. 126 colour and 242 b/w illustrations. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£19.95
Presents, in detail, the lives and achievements of all 157 rulers. A pleasure to read, an essential reference work and a source of fascination and much discovery.
207 Pan Shenliang ed: GONGCANG SHANHUA XUANJI. Selected Fan Paintings from the Palace Museum. Beijing,
1995. 10, 212 pp. 105 colour plates. Text in Chinese and Japanese. 27x30 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Illustrations and descriptions of 105 fan paintings in the Gugong Museum in Beijing, dating from Song through to the present (Qi
Baishi).
208 Pan, Cecil: AXIALITY & ENCLOSURE. A Study of the Forbidden City at Beijing. Cambridge, 1988. c.80 pp.
B/e illustrations and drawings. 30x21 cm. Paper. Ring binding.
£25.00
A Fifth Year Diploma Dissertation presented to the University of Cambridge School of Architecture. A few highlightings in yellow.
209 Pang, Dr Mae Anna: DRAGON EMPEROR, TREASURES FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Victoria, 1988.
138 pp. 97 colour illustrations, 19 figures, many line drawings, bibliography. 25x25 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that toured Australia of Chinese court robes from the Gugong Museum in Beijing. 97 exhibits fully illustrated with extensive text and explanatory notes.
210 Power, Brian: THE PUPPET EMPEROR. The Life of Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China. New York, 1988. x, 230 pp.
8 pp. b/w plates, 2 maps. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
The author’s firsthand knowledge of China, especially of Tianjin, has enabled him to re-create the life of Pu Yi with an authentic sense
of drama and an engaging wry humour.
211 Pu Yi, Aisin-Gioro: FROM EMPEROR TO CITIZEN. The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi. Peking, 1979..
496 pp. in 2 volumes. 28 pp b/w Illustrations. 2 vols. 21x15 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£30.00
A 2 volume autobiography of Pu Yi, published in China in 1983. Despite being an officially approved autobiography, fascinating reading.
212 QIANLONG XIYIN PU. (The Seals of the Qianlong Emperor). 乾隆璽印譜. Beijing, 2004. 46, 46, 45, 48, 47,
58 folded leaves. 6 original seal impressions and c. 1100 reproductions of imperial seals of varying sizes. 6 vols.
43x31 cm. Stitched. Yellow silk covers.
£2,500.00
Published in a very limited edition of 160 copies, of which we are told that 100 copies are for sale, this is an extraordinary work that
reproduces over 1100 seals used by the Qing dynasty Qianlong Emperor. The seals start with impressions of the huge seals carved in
both Manchu and Chinese that served as symbols of national and dynastic authority. Moves on to the seals of imperial and personal
authority (Huangdi zhi Bao, Qianlong Huangdi zhi Bao), seals of palaces and halls in the Forbidden City (Wuying Dian, Yangxin
Dian, Qianqing Gong etc.), seals used at other residences such as the Yuanmingyuan and Bishu Shanzhuang (Chengde). There follow
numerous lesser seals used by the Emperor in his personal life and collecting — such as seals from Sanxi Tang and other studios, seals
used for the imperial painting collections and connoisseurship down to numerous minor seals. Of these approximately 1100 seals, six
are original impressions from the actual seals. These can be recognised by being tipped-in, having been separately impressed on
squares of paper. The seals are taken from paintings, imperial edicts etc. held in the Forbidden City collection and Chinese State
Archives. All seals are reproduced in their original size. The whole is an extremely impressive ensemble that shows the prime symbols
of imperial authority and the personal and public life of one of the key figures of late imperial China. Accompanying texts in Chinese.
213 Qing Shi Shan Hou Weiyuan Hui ed: GUGONG WUPIN DIANCHA BAOGAO. (Report on the Survey of Objects
in the Gugong). 故宮物品點查報告. Beijing, 2004. c. 400 pp. per volume. 10 vols. 27x19 cm. Boards. £850.00
Following the expulsion of the last Emperor, Pu Yi, from the Forbidden City at the end of 1924, the Chinese Government established
a committee (Qing Shi Shan Hou Weiyuan Hui) to undertake a complete survey and listing of the objects and treasures in the Forbidden City. The committee surveyed the imperial complex, palace by palace and hall by hall, from 1925-30, systematically and exhaustively listing the contents of each, from cloisonné and paintings to rare books, imperial edicts, furniture and jades. This is a facsimile
of their report. The original was never generally available, being held for the sole use of government officials, due to its political sensitivity at the time. This report remains the most comprehensive and complete listing of the treasures of the Gugong and was undertaken at a time when the imperial collection was intact in one place — particularly important given that many of the treasures are now
divided between Taipei and Beijing. Over 1.1 million objects are described. The importance of this work is further enhanced in that it
also contains (in volume 10) the 1933 government survey of the objects and treasures held in the Summer Palace (the Yiheyuan) entitled ‘Diancha Beiping Yiheyuan Liuping Wupin Qing Ce’. Again, the original of this report is very elusive. A prime research and reference tool on the Chinese imperial collection, the use and function of halls and palaces, the original locations of objects. In Chinese.
214 Rawski, Evelyn S. and Rawson, Jessica ed: CHINA: THE THREE EMPERORS 1662-1795. London, 2005. 496
pp. c. 500 illustrations, chiefly in colour. Map. Bibliography, list of works in Chinese characters, list of seals in
Chinese characters, index. 30x25 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Monumental catalogue published to accompany the spectacular exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Three introductory essays by Evelyn S. Rawski, Gerald Holzwarth and Frances Wood are followed by expositions of the exhibits in their eleven the-
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matic arrangements, each of these with essays by Jan Stuart, Nie Chongzheng, Patricia Berger, Yuan Hongqi, Rawski, Joanna WaleyCohen, Regina Krahl, Jessica Rawson, and Alfreda Murck. This is followed by catalogue entries and apparatus. With a wealth of new
and unpublished material, this is destined to become a landmark reference in the field.
This hardback is the only edition that is publicly available. There is a paperback available exclusively from the Royal Academy during the exhibition itself, but this book richly deserves the protection and support of a cloth binding.
215 Rogers, Howard & Lee, Sherman E: MASTERWORKS OF MING AND QING PAINTING FROM THE
FORBIDDEN CITY. Pennsylvania, 1988. 207 pp. 76 colour plates, 2 maps, bibliography, index. 30x23 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of an American museum tour of paintings from the Palace Museum in Beijing.
216 Seagrave, Sterling: DRAGON LADY: LIFE AND LEGEND OF THE LAST EMPRESS OF CHINA. London,
£20.00
1992. 384 pp. Illustrations. 23 cm. Paper.
A biography of Cixi.
217 Shan Guoqiang et al: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Court and Culture of the Chinese Emperors (1644-1911).
Rotterdam, 1990. 248 pp. 108 illustrations, 86 in colour. 28x23 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Published to coincide with an exhibition organized by the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. A unique look at the court
culture of the Qing dynasty emperors. Dual texts in Dutch and English.
218 Shang Junyi: GUGONG MIJING. A Mystic Forbidden City: Once Upon a Time in the Imperial Palace. 故宮秘境
。 尚君義 著. Beijing, 2006. 231 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x24 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
Gives the history of various halls, palaces and gates of the Forbidden City interspersed with fascinating and little-known episodes from
the Forbidden City during the Ming and Qing dynasties such as: The Suspicion-Ridden Enthronement of Emperor Yongzheng; The Assassination Attempt against Emperor Jiajing by the Court Maids; Emperor Guangxu’s Grand Wedding Ceremony; Thousand Seniors
Banquet Held in the Hall of Imperial Supremacy; Stick Flogging at the Meridian Gate ... and more. Dual texts in English and Chinese
and accompanied by magnificent colour photography of the Forbidden City. Recommended. Now out-of-print.
219 Shanghai Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN GONGTING ZHENBAO. Imperial Treasures from the Palace
Museum. 故宮博物院宮廷珍寶. Shanghai, 2006. 193 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers.£35.00
Catalogue of a loan exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Qing dynasty imperial treasures from the Forbidden City Gugong Museum
in Beijing. Extremely fine objects in various media are shown. Excludes painting and calligraphy. Introductions and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
220 Sirén, Osvald: THE IMPERIAL PALACES OF PEKING. Paris, 1926. vi, 69 pp. 12 architectural drawings & 2
maps (one folding). 274 plates. 3 vols. 33x26 cm. Cloth.
£4,000.00
A magnificent collection of 274 photographic plates representing China’s greatest architectural masterpieces, with a brief historical
introduction and several architectural drawings. Slight foxing to a number of plates as happens with this work. Volume I has slight
wear to the top of the spine and a number of the photographic plates are coming loose from the body of the work. Volumes II and III
generally fine. A good copy of a work that is now very rare.
221 Sirén, Osvald: THE WALLS AND GATES OF PEKING. Researches and Impressions. London, 1924.
Photographic frontispiece, xix, 239 pp. text plus 108 pp. heliogravure plates and 50 architectural drawings, 2 in
colour. Folding skeleton map of Peking. 33x28 cm. Half-cloth.
£5,500.00
In a numbered edition of 800 copies, this is the definitive work on the subject with fine and evocative heliogravure photography of the
walls and gates of Peking, tragically torn down during the Cultural Revolution. Further enhanced with an erudite text by a leading
sinologist of the early 20th century. A magnificent tribute and worthy historical record of past glories no longer extant. Now very rare.
A fine copy.
222 Spence, Jonathan D: EMPEROR OF CHINA: SELF PORTRAIT OF K’ANG-HSI. London, 1974. xxvi, 218
pp. 4 plates. Numerous text illustrations. e/p maps. 22x19 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£35.00
The life and motives of the 18th-century emperor from primary material.
223 Textilia, Galleria: CINA 1644-1911: TAPPETI DE SETA E DI METALLO DALLA CITTA’ PROIBITA.
(China 1644-1911: Carpets in Silk and Metal from the Forbidden City). Rome, n.d. 15 pp. 10 colour plates. 34x24
cm. Comb binding.
£15.00
Gallery catalogue with ten Qing period carpets. In Italian.
224 Tsai, Shih-shan Henry: PERPETUAL HAPPINESS. The Ming Emperor Yongle. Seattle, 2001. 292 pp. 12
illustrations. 5 maps. Notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 20x13 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Historical biography of the Chinese emperor whose reign encompassed the construction of the Forbidden City, the completion of the
Grand Canal and the consolidation of the imperial bureaucracy.
225 Wan Yi et al. comp: QINGDAI GONGTING SHENGHUO. (Life in the Forbidden City). 清代宮廷生活 。 萬依
等 主編. Hong Kong, 1985. 327 pp. Colour plates throughout. 37x27 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Richly illustrated book giving an overview of the material culture of the Qing palace — interiors, regalia, costumes, ornaments, architecture, snuff bottles, commodes (!), etc., all the material aspects of this extraordinary, privileged life. Extensive text, in Chinese only.
Long out-of-print.
226 Wan Yi et al. ed: GUGONG JINGDIAN: QING GONG SHENGHUO TUDIAN. Classics of Forbidden City:
Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty. 故宮經典：清宮生活圖典 。萬依 等 主編. Beijing, 2007. 306 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x29 cm. Boards.
£55.00
A finely-produced work focussing on court life in the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. Many aspects of court life are covered,
from imperial inspection tours and literati pursuits of the emperors to rituals, governance and cultural life. Illustrated throughout in
colour with many associated artefacts and paintings, plus buildings and some old photographs. Text in Chinese.
227 Wang Jiapeng ed: FANHUA LOU. The Fanhua Pavilion. 梵華樓 。 王家鵬 主編. Beijing, 2009. 1414 pp. Colour
plates throughout each volume. A number of foldouts. A total of over 1400 colour plates and 149 b/w text and
architectural drawings. 4 vols. 31x25 cm. Cloth.
£275.00
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Marvellous four-volume publication on this highly important Tibetan Buddhist pavilion located in the Ningshou Gong palace of the
Forbidden City. The Ningshou Gong (Palace of Tranquil Longevity) was built as the retirement complex for the Qianlong emperor who
was fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, the Fanhua Pavilion was personally used by the Qianlong emperor in his latter years. This
work is an exhaustive visual reference on the Tibetan Buddhist paintings, murals, decoration, ritual objects, religious items, architecture and, most importantly, the bronze Buddhist statuary (many with gilt and with Qianlong marks) held within the pavilion. Fine
colour plates throughout of all the objects. A total of 1263 objects are illustrated, a number being shown in multiple views. The statues are all shown in full page (or near full page) colour plates with many being shown larger than life. Four page introduction in English. Main text in Chinese.
228 Wang Zilin: ZIJINCHENG FENGSHUI. (The Fengshui of the Forbidden City). Beijing, 2005. 335 pp. Numerous
b/w illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A detailed study of the geomancy of the Forbidden City in Beijing. In Chinese. Bumped copy.
229 Wang Zilin: ZIJINCHENG YUANZHUANG YU YUANCHUANG. (The Original State and Construction of the
Forbidden City). 紫禁城原狀輿原創 。 王子林 著. Beijing, 2007. 483 pp. Colour text plates throughout. 2 vols.
25x17 cm. Wrappers.
£35.00
A detailed two-volume examination of various halls and palaces in the Forbidden City assessing their construction, original state and
interior decoration. Numerous colour illustrations. In Chinese.
230 Warner, Marina: THE DRAGON EMPRESS. Life and Times of Tz’u-hsi, 1835-1908. Empress Dowager of China.
London, 1972. 271 pp. 32 pp. colour, 100 b/w illustrations. Notes, index. 25x19 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£30.00
The Empress Dowager Cixi was the power behind the throne in China from 1861 to 1908. Marina Warner’s compelling biography describes Cixi against the background of court ceremony and Confucian tradition.
231 Weng, Wan-go & Yang Boda: THE PALACE MUSEUM PEKING. Treasures of the Forbidden City. London,
1982. 319 pp. with 160 colour, 350 b/w photographs & more than 100 other illustrations. 35x28 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
The Palace Museum in Peking houses the finest collection of Chinese art in the world. This is the first book to be published jointly with
the Palace authorities & illustrates many pieces shown for the first time in the West.
232 White, Antony: THE FORBIDDEN CITY. A Short History and Guide. London, 2004. 64 pp. 100 colour
illustrations. 30x11 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Well-illustrated guide to the Forbidden City and its history. Out of print.
233 Yan Yong & Fang Hongjun: TIANCHAO YIGUAN : GUGONG WOWUYUAN CANG QINGDAI
GONGTING FUSHI JINGPIN ZHAN. The Splendors of Imperial Costume: Qing Court Attire from the Beijing
Palace Museum. 天朝衣冠 ： 故宮博物院藏清代宮廷服飾精品展 。 嚴勇 房宏俊 主編. Beijing, 2008. 159 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Gugong Museum in Beijing showing 114 superb examples of Qing dynasty court costume and accessories from the imperial collection. Sections on: Ceremonial Court Robes, Auspicious Court Robes, Informal Court Robes, Travel
Costumes, Military Uniforms, Leisure Clothing. Introduction, list of plates and captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
234 Yang Danxia ed: GUGONG SHUHUA GUAN: DI ER BIAN. (The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the Palace
Museum Part II). 故宮書畫館 第二編 。 楊丹霞 主編. Beijing, 2008. 219 pp. Colour plates throughout and 1 b/w
plate. Map. 2 foldouts. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of the second part of an ongoing series of exhibitions held in the Wuyingdian exhibition hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing showing highlights of Chinese painting and calligraphy from across the ages in the Gugong Museum’s holdings, from the earliest examples through to the early 20th century. This second exhibition showed 69 works including 13 works dating from the Northern
Song to the Yuan, 22 Ming dynasty and 34 Qing dynasty masterpieces. All illustrated in fine colour and described. Forewords and list
of plates with brief descriptions in English. Main text in Chinese.
235 Yang Renkai et al. ed: QING GONG SANYI GUOBAO TEJI: SHUFA JUAN, HUIHUA JUAN. Album of Lost
National Treasure of the Qing Palace: Calligraphy and Painting. 清宮散逸國寶特集 ： 書法卷、 繪畫卷. Beijing,
2004. 7, 2, 624 (over 600 pp. colour plates); 9, 626 pp. (over 600 pp. colour plates) A number of foldouts. 2 vols.
45x33 cm. Cloth.
£2,100.00
An absolutely magnificent two-volume catalogue of an exhibition of early calligraphy and paintings commemorating the opening of
the new Liaoning Provincial Museum. In the period leading up to his expulsion from the Forbidden City in November 1924, the last
Emperor, Pu Yi, selected a number of the finest treasures from the collection that were easily portable. These included an undefined
(but not insignificant — it is said up to 1200) number of paintings, album leaves and calligraphy, the majority early. Pu Yi, together
with his brother Pu Jie, were said to have smuggled this material, along with other light pieces, out of the Forbidden City as an insurance policy against financial impecuniosity. When Pu Yi later became the puppet ruler of the Manchukuo regime in north-east
China, this material undoubtedly went with him. The paintings have since become known as the Northeast or Liaoning group. It appears that over a period of time some of these paintings went to Japan and elsewhere. Following the defeat of the Japanese and the
detention of Pu Yi, the remainder ultimately entered the Liaoning and Jilin Provincial Museums or were returned to the Gugong Museum in Beijing. This work shows 39 calligraphies and 53 paintings (in a second volume) in the Liaoning Provincial Museum, many
here exhibited and illustrated for the first time due to their fragility. These 92 works comprise the entire holding of works known to
have been taken by Pu Yi that are in the Liaoning Museum collection plus two very fine Liao paintings excavated in Liaoning province.
All the calligraphies are shown actual size and in their entirety. It also includes all accompanying colophons, inscriptions and collectors seals. The paintings are again all shown in their entirety, with many also reproduced in their original sizes and again showing
collectors’ seals, colophons and inscriptions. The calligraphies and paintings date from the Eastern Jin to the Qing with the majority
of the material being early. 1 Eastern Jin work, 7 from the Tang, 2 Five Dynasties, 41 from the Song, 2 from the Liao, 1 from the Jin,
17 Yuan, 20 Ming examples and 1 Qing work. All the works are reproduced in fine colour plates throughout with many folding out to
give unprecedented reproduction of selected works. A superb record of little-known treasures from the Chinese imperial collection
that have a distinct cachet due to their obscure recent history. Given the high quality of the colour plates and the reproduction of many
works in their original size, this is also an important tool in the research of early Chinese painting and calligraphy. A large and weighty
set of volumes with dual English and Chinese texts. Highly recommended.
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236 Yang Xin et al. ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN QISHI NIAN LUNWEN XUAN. (Selected Essays for the
Seventieth Anniversary of the Palace Museum). 故宮博物院十七年論文選 。 楊新 等 主編. Beijing, 1995. 828
£40.00
pp. Tables. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
122 substantial essays divided into sections on the history, library & archives, architecture, epigraphy, painting & calligraphy, ceramics,
and popular arts, associated with this most important of Chinese museums and its collections. In Chinese.
237 Yu Zhuoyun & Zhu Chengru ed: ZHONGGUO ZIJINCHENG XUEHUI LUNWENJI: DISANJI. (Third
Collection of Proceedings from the Society for the Study of the Forbidden City). 中國紫禁城學會論文集 ：
第三集 。 于倬雲、 朱誠如 主編. Beijing, 2004. 3, 474 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£28.00
A collection of 52 essays, plus preliminaries and apparatus, on various aspects of the study of the Forbidden City, especially palace
and related temple architecture. Important scholarship. In Chinese only.
238 Yu Zhuoyun ed: GUGONG JINGDIAN: GUGONG JIANZHU TUDIAN. Classics of Forbidden City:
Architecture of the Forbidden City. 故宮經典：故宮建築圖典 。于倬雲 主編. Beijing, 2007. 320 pp. Colour and
b/w plates throughout. B/w architectural drawings. 29x29 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
A finely-produced work on the architecture of the Forbidden City in Beijing, showing the buildings ranging from general views of the
main palaces to illustration of little-visited corners and closed areas. Many interiors are also shown. Much close-up illustration of sculptural and decorative detail. Of particular interest are the architectural drawings. Compiled by an expert on the Forbidden City. Text
in Chinese.
239 Yu Zhuoyun et al: ZIJINCHENG GONGDIAN. (Palaces of the Forbidden City). 紫禁城宮殿 。 于倬雲 主編.
Hong Kong, 1982. 331 pp. 564 colour and b/w plates, illustrations, architectural plans and drawings, maps and
figures. Bibliography, index. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£100.00
A magnificent exposé of the Imperial palaces in Beijing, with extensive illustrations of exteriors and interiors of the individual halls
and pavilions. Explanatory text by Chinese experts. In Chinese.
240 Zhang Zhizhu & Xiang Si: QINGDAI HUANGDI DUSHU SHENGHUO. (Imperial Book Culture of the Qing
Emperors). 清代皇帝讀書生活 。 張之鑄 向斯 著. Beijing, 2007. 301 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x22
cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Fine and interesting work examining the culture of the study of books amongst the Qing dynasty emperors of China. Illustrated with
many fine books and some scholar’s studio objects used by the emperors. Text in Chinese.
241 Zheng Minzhong ed: GUGONG GU QIN. (Ancient Qin in the Gugong). 故宮古琴 。 鄭民中 主編. 337 pp.
Numerous full colour plates. 2 vols. 42x29 cm. Boards. Vol. 2 stitched.
£250.00
A very fine two-volume work on the Qin (Chinese lute) collection in the Gugong Museum in Beijing. The first volume illustrates and
describes 46 beautiful and ancient Qin dating from the Tang to the Qing. Most of the lutes predate the Qing dynasty. All are illustrated
in multiple views, with close-up detail and some showing X-ray analysis. The second volume of the work reproduces a couple of fine
imperial volumes containing music for the Qin and accompanied by beautiful paintings of geese and waterfowl. A small final section
in volume two shows a Qing dynasty lute table and a couple of covers for the instrument. It appears that many of the Qin and related
objects were in the court collection. In Chinese.
242 Zhu Chuanrong et al: DIJING JIUYING. As Dusk Fell on the Imperial City. 帝京舊影 。 朱傳榮 編輯. Beijing,
1994. 301 pp. 294 duotone plates, including 3 folded panoramas. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£60.00
A superb collection of photographs of the imperial city taken from rare early works by Ito and Siren. The majority of the photographs
were taken in 1900. This is the best collections of such photographs we have seen in this inexpensive format. Also includes Yuanming
Yuan. Captions in English and Chinese.
243 Zhu Jiajin: MING QING SHINEI CHENSHE. (Ming and Qing Dynasty Interior Decoration). 明清室內陳設 。
朱家溍 編著. Zijin Shu Xi 1. Beijing, 2004. 199 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. 25x16 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Nine essays discussing aspects of Ming and Qing dynasty interior decoration and furnishing in the palaces and halls of the Forbidden City in Beijing. By an expert on the subject. In Chinese.
244 Zhu Jiajin: TREASURES OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY. London, 1986. 262 pp. Map, bibliography, index. 100
works of art illustrated in full colour. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
One hundred art treasures fully illustrated in colour, drawn from the collections of the Palace Museum in bronzes, painting and calligraphy, ceramics, minor arts, and textiles.
245 Zhu Jiajin ed: YANGXINDIAN ZAOBANCHU SHILIAO JILAN DIYIJI: YONGZHENG CHAO. (Historical
Materials Relating to the Imperial Workshops in Yangxin Dian: Part 1: The Yongzheng Reign).
養心殿造班處史料輯覽 第一輯 ： 雍正朝 。 朱家溍 選編. Beijing, 2003. 30, 12, 9, 295 pp. 30 pp. colour plates.
21x14 cm. Boards.
£30.00
Part 1 of an unspecified number of works dealing with historical materials relating to the Imperial Workshops (zaobanchu) located in
the Yangxin Palace in the Forbidden City. This part covers the Yongzheng reign. The documents are held in the No. 1 State Archives
and shed much light on the function of these important imperial workshops. In Chinese.
246 ZIJINCHENG. The Forbidden City, La Cite Interdite, Die Verbotene Stadt. 紫禁城. Beijing, 1999. 96 pp. Colour
photographs throughout. 25x26 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Photographic tour of the Forbidden City showing the main palaces, gardens and highlights from its collection. In English, French, German and Japanese.
247 ZIJINCHENG DIHOU SHENGHUO 1644-1911. (Imperial Life in the Forbidden City 1644-1911). Beijing,
1981. 121 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A pictorial view of imperial life in the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. In Chinese only. A separate 12 page English text pamphlet accompanies.
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248 ZIJINCHENG DIHOU SHENGHUO 1644-1911. (Imperial Life in the Forbidden City 1644-1911). Beijing,
1993. 121 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A pictorial view of imperial life in the Forbidden City during the Qing dynasty. English and Chinese texts. Reprint of the 1981 edition
that was only in Chinese.
249 Zong Fengying: QINGDAI GONGTING FUSHI. (Qing Dynasty Court Costume). 清代宮廷服飾 。 宗鳳英 著.
£20.00
Zijin Shu Xi 2. Beijing, 2004. 212 pp. Colour illustrations. 25x16 cm. Paper.
Essays on aspects of Qing dynasty court costume — the regulations surrounding their wear plus other research and papers. In Chinese.
FROM OUR STOCK
250 Abel-Rémusat, Jean-Pierre: IU-KIAO-LI: OR, THE TWO FAIR COUSINS. A Chinese Novel. London, 1827.
xxvi, 259; 290 pp. 2 vols. 20x12 cm. Original calico, faded on back, worn on edges.
£125.00
Translation from the French. Rare.
251 Addis, Sir John: CHINESE CERAMICS FROM DATABLE TOMBS. And Some Other Dated Material. A
Handbook. London, 1978. 200 pp. 201 plates and illustrations, 1 coloured. Map. Glossary, bibliography and index.
28x21 cm. Cloth.
£10.00
The author has visited various museums in China and taken photos of dated, excavated material, which is of great help towards establishing the chronology of Chinese ceramics. Price now much reduced to clear an excess of stock.
252 Allain, Maurice: L’EMPIRE FRANCAIS D’ OUTRE-MER. (The French Colonies). Montpellier, 1939. 3, 430,
5 pp. 4 colour folded maps; 416, 6 pp. A number of tipped-in colour plates. Numerous colour and b/w text
illustrations. 2 vols. 31x25 cm. Half cloth. Some wear to covers.
£180.00
A good period piece describing and depicting life in the French colonies in the mid and late 1930s. The illustrations range from reproductions of colour paintings by Jacques Simon and others to black-and-white photographs. Includes much detail on the economy
of the colonies, their products and exports. One section in Volume Two covers French Indochina. In French.
253 Allen, H. M. ed: LETTERS OF P. S. ALLEN. London, 1939. 298 pp. B/w frontis. 232x14 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The bulk of the letters are to Aurel Stein. Allen and Stein were close friends and corresponded for over 30 years. It is strange to think
of Stein sitting in remote areas reading these quintessentially English epistles.
254 Alvin Lo Oriental Art: 18TH CENTURY. The Golden Age of Peking Glass. New York, 1999. 40 pp. Colour plates
throughout, 1 folding. 29x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Eighteen objects in 18th century Peking glass — sixteen from the Qianlong reign and the remaining two dating from the Yongzheng
period. Includes an extremely rare pair of lime-green transparent caparisoned horses with Qianlong imperial yuzhi marks, bowls,
cups, bottles etc. A beautifully-illustrated catalogue.
255 Ang, John: BEAUTY OF HUANGHUALI FURNITURE. Taibei, 1997. 89 pp. Colour illustrations throughout.
30x21 cm. Paper.
£35.00
A reprint (with corrections) of the exhibition catalogue The Beauty of Huanghuali originally published in 1995.
256 Anhui Provincial Museum ed: YUAN CI ZHI ZHEN. Porcelain Treasures in Yuan Dynasty. 元瓷之珍. Beijing,
2009. 179 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Catalogue produced following an exhibition held in 2006 at the Anhui Provincial Museum showing approximately 100 of the finest examples of Yuan dynasty porcelain excavated from sites in Anhui province, together with a small number of examples from elsewhere.
In addition to blue-and-white, the exhibition included a good number of celadons, some crackle glaze, qingbai, underglaze red and
other monochrome glazes. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates. Accompanying essays. Text in Chinese.
257 Arita Kiln ed: ARITA CHO SHI. (The History of Arita). N.p., 1988. 23, 406 pp. text plus 301 pp. b/w plates
showing thousands of objects. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
A detailed history of the Arita kiln and Arita wares. The work is remarkable for the 301 pages of b/w plates that show thousands of
sherds and damaged Arita ceramics from excavations in the Arita area. The illustrations are arranged chronologically and the work
is an important reference for the development of Arita porcelain. Text in Japanese.
258 Arnold, T. & Guillaume A. ed: THE LEGACY OF ISLAM. Oxford, 1931. xvi, 416 pp. 91 b/w illustrations. 19x13
cm. Cloth. Some damp marks to cover.
£25.00
Covers Spain and Portugal, The Crusades, Geography and Commerce, Art, Architecture, Literature, Mysticism, Philosophy and Theology, Law and Society, Science and Medicine, Music, Astronomy and Mathematics. A useful and enlightening read.
259 Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong: SHUZHAI YU DAOCHANG: DAOJIAO WENWU. The
Studio and the Altar: Daoist Art in China. 書齋與道場 ： 道教文物. Hong Kong, 2008. 234, iv pp. Colour plates
throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong showing 100 Chinese art objects relating to
Daoism and dating from the Western Han to the Qing. Includes painting, calligraphies, sacred texts, manuscripts, metal and stone objects, ceramics and wood carvings. The objects range from those cherished by the Chinese scholar and literati through to objects used
in Daoist rituals. Provides an overview of the development and broad penetration of Daoism (and thus Daoist art) in China over the
past 2000 years. Near dual texts in Chinese and English.
260 Arts Council of Great Britain: PEASANT PAINTINGS FROM HU COUNTY, SHENSI PROVINCE. London,
1976. 66 pp. 77 b/w illustrations, 12 colour plates. 20x21 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Amateur paintings which were first shown in the National Art Exhibition held in the Peking Art Gallery in 1973. Good communist stuff.
261 Asian Art Gallery: CHINESE IMPERIAL PATRONAGE. Treasures from Temples and Palaces Vol. II. London,
2005. 136 pp. Full page colour plates throughout 35x25 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Dealer’s catalogue with an extraordinary assemblage of 51 late imperial objects, Ming and (predominantly) Qing. Includes a good
amount of cloisonné, plus lacquer, furniture and statuary. Full text in English. Captions (with some detail) in Chinese.
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262 Ayers, John: BLANC DE CHINE. Divine Images in Porcelain. New York, 2002. 139 pp. 77 items illustrated in
colour with some details, many text figures. Glossary, bibliography. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of 77 examples of blanc-de-chine assembled from various public and private collections at
the China Institute in New York. The detailed catalogue captions and a substantial introduction are by John Ayers, with a complementary
essay by Yuan Bingling.
263 Ayers, John; Thompson, Julian & Ko, S. C: CHINESE PORCELAIN. The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection. Hong
Kong, 1987. 364; 240 pp. Over 400 colour plates and illustrations, including 59 panoramic views. 2 vols. 36x27
cm. Silk-cloth, case.
£350.00
A handsome catalogue of a superb collection, distinguished for its meticulous selection and proof of discriminating taste. The exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art included 163 pieces, all illustrated in colour.
264 Bai Ming: THE TRADITIONAL CRAFTS OF PORCELAIN MAKING IN JINGDEZHEN. Jingdezhen
Chuantong Zhi Ci Gongyi. 景德鎮傳統制瓷工藝 。 白明 著. Nanchang, 2002. 275 pp. Colour illustrations
throughout. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
An excellent, highly-informative and copiously-illustrated work on traditional porcelain making as practised in Jingdezhen. The book
has hundreds of illustrations that show porcelain making as practised today and which closely follows the age-old methods. The highlydetailed dual-language English and Chinese text throws much light on the traditional methods and history of porcelain manufacture.
Recommended. Now out-of-print.
265 Bai Wenhong: MINGJIA QIANJIANG CAICI. (Famous Qianjiang Ceramic Artists). 名家淺絳彩瓷 。 白文宏
著. Shenyang, 2005. 4, 123 pp. Colour plates throughout. 26x18 cm. Wrappers.
£20.00
Illustrated throughout in colour, this work shows the work of various artists who painted Chinese ceramics using the Qianjiang palette
in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic period. A useful contribution to the subject. In Chinese.
266 Bairei, Kono: SEIDENSCHWANZ UND ORCHIDEE. Japanische Meisterholzschnitte mit naturkundlichen
Erlauterungen. Leipzig, 1958. 6, 1, 68 pp. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 24x17 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Illustrates and discusses the work of the Meiji book illustrator and artist, Kon Bairei. In German.
267 Ball, Katherine M: DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART. London, 1927. 286 pp. 673 illustrations.
31x27 cm. Cloth.
£195.00
Original printing of a work unmatched in its field. Some wear and repair to spine, mottling to covers, otherwise fine. Priced accordingly. Rare.
268 Barnhart, Richard M: LI KUNG-LIN’S ‘CLASSIC OF FILIAL PIETY’. New York, 1993. 176 pp. 73
illustrations, including 16 colour plates. 32x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Richard Barnhart, along with Robert E. Harris and Hui-liang J. Chu, takes up the connoisseurship of one of the monuments of eleventhcentury Chinese painting, the 15 1/2-foot handscroll that has been on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Tang family
collection.
269 Barnouin, Barbara: TEN YEARS OF TURBULENCE. The Chinese Cultural Revolution. Geneva, 1993. 360 pp.
24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
The unfolding of the Cultural Revolution over ten years, analysing its ideological origins and political causes and focusing on Mao
Zedong. Draws on Western & Chinese academic literature & on memoirs of Chinese involved.
270 Batley, Claude: THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN ARCHITECTURE. London, 1973. 96 pp. 70
plates. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A collection of measured drawings and photographs comprising a technical and visual introduction to the basic elements of Indian
architecture. Revised edition.
271 BEIJING DE GUDIAN XIQU YU XILOU. Classical Dramas and Theaters in Beijing. 北京的古典戲曲與戲樓.
Beijing, 2005. 107 pp. Colour plates throughout. 25x26 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Well-illustrated survey of Chinese classical drama and its main venues in the capital of Beijing. Dual text in Chinese and English.
272 Beijing University ed: JIJIN ZHUGUO SHI: ZHOUYUAN CHUTU XIZHOU QINGTONGQI JINGCUI.
Fine Western Zhou’s Bronzes Unearthed from Zhouyuan. 吉金鑄國史 ： 周原出土西周青銅氣精粹. Beijing,
2002. 353 pp. Numerous colour plates and b/w illustrations and drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery at Beijing University of 48 magnificent Western Zhou bronzes excavated in the
Zhouyuan region. The catalogue provides a detailed examination, description and depiction in colour plates with additional illustrations of rubbings and inscriptions taken from the bronzes. A very useful study resource on bronzes of this period. Captions in English,
otherwise Chinese text only.
273 Bennett, Terry: HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHINA 1842-1860. London,
2009. xiv, 242 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. Map. 24x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
The first comprehensive history of the early years of photography in China. Brings together Western
and Chinese sources and provides new information on photographs and photographers Western and
Chinese. About 150 photographs from public and private collections are shown and the text includes
biographies on over 40 photographers working in China up to 1860.
274 Berliner, Nancy & Cooke, Edward: INSPIRED BY CHINA. Contemporary
Furnituremakers Explore China’s Traditions. 2006. 159 pp. Numerous colour and b/w
plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
22 furnituremakers from the US, Canada and China participated in this project. The US and Canadian artisans were exposed to traditional Chinese furniture from the collection of the Peabody Essex
Museum and were then each commissioned to produce a piece of furniture based on the experience.
The results are both fascinating and fine. The pieces by Chinese furnituremakers demonstrate the vi-
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brant state of contemporary furnituremaking in China. The catalogue illustrates both traditional Chinese furniture and the new pieces
and the text is very interesting and informative. Cloth edition.
275 Beurdeley, Michel: THE CHINESE COLLECTOR THROUGH THE CENTURIES. From the Han to the 20th
Century. Tokyo, 1966. 287 pp. 24 plates in colour, 301 illustrations. 30x26 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with little wear.
£125.00
The author exposes, with interesting graphic documentation, the principal tendencies of the Chinese aesthetics of precious objects, and
tastes in collecting. An important contribution and a fine copy. RBS 12-13:500.
276 Beurdeley, Michel and Raindre, Guy: QING PORCELAIN. Famille Verte, Famille Rose. London, 1987. 316 pp.
£200.00
385 illustrations, 99 in colour, and 75 drawings and maps. 32x28 cm. Cloth.
A lavish study that looks at the overall picture of porcelain production during the Qing dynasty. Copiously-illustrated with numerous
important and representative pieces.
277 Beurdeley, Michel et al: JEUX DES NUAGES ET DE LA PLUIE. L’Art d’Aimer en Chine. Fribourg, 1969. 223
pp. 131 illustrations, 28 in colour. Bibliography. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
One of the best books on the subject. Many fine reproductions. In French.
278 Bilancia, Philip R: DICTIONARY OF CHINESE LAW & GOVERNMENT. Chinese-English. Stanford, 1981.
xv, 822 pp. 26x18 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
An indispensable tool for anyone studying the institutional life of contemporary China, this is a dictionary of more than 25,000 Chinese terms, at least 15,000 examples of usage, and more than 30,000 cross-references.
279 Binyon, L., Wilkinson, J. & Gray, B: PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING. Including A Critical and Descriptive
Catalogue of the Miniatures Exhibited at Burlington House January-march, 1931. New York, 1971. xiv, 212 pp.
Numerous b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£30.00
An excellent study of the subject by acknowledged experts.
280 Bird, Isabella L: UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN. An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the
Aborigines.... London, 1907. xxiv, 336 pp. Index, 40 illustrations. 21x15 cm. Full leather. A couple of marks to the
covers.
£30.00
Includes visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko. Miss Bird, later Mrs Bishop, was one of the first Europeans to travel
in the interior of Japan since the 16th century. Popular edition. Presentation copy. Reprint of the 1905 edition. A very clean and fine
copy.
281 Bischoff, Friedrich Alexander: SAN TZU CHING EXPLICATED. The Classical Initiation to Classical Chinese,
Couplets I to XI. 三字經訓詁. Vienna, 2005. 312 pp. A number of b/w illustrations and reproductions of pages from
Chinese editions. Bibliography, glossary. 25x16 cm. Paper.
£45.00
A valuable and interesting publication for anyone who really wants to come to practical grips with the nature of Confucian quasi-canonical texts and their elaborate commentaries. Bischoff takes on the task of translating and explicating 11 couplets of this ‘Classic’ (a
mere 132 characters) along with a number of its more famous commentaries. This requires a book-length monograph (!), one which
allows you to understand and appreciate why.
282 Bloomsbury Auctions: MAO AND THE ARTS OF NEW CHINA. Including the Collection of Peter and Susan
Wain. London, 2009. 75 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Auction catalogue of a sale held in London on 5 November 2009 of 186 lots of Chinese communist art dating from the 1950s to the
1980s, with the main focus on the Cultural Revolution from 1966-1976. Include books, posters, ceramics, banners, textiles and a large
lacquer plaque. An emerging field of collecting focussing on a very particular period of design and iconography.
283 Bluett, Edgar: MING AND CH’ING PORCELAINS. A Short Treatise etc. London, 1933. 103 pp. 19 plates.
26x20 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
‘A short treatise concerning some dated specimens together with some account of their distinguishing features’. Numbered edition.
284 Bonhams: THE CUNLIFFE COLLECTION. Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings. London, 2002. 138 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 27x22 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Auction catalogue of the well-known Cunliffe Collection sold at Bonhams in London in 2002. Particularly strong in Song dynasty
wares and Ming and Qing imperial ceramics. The jades from various periods. A very fine selection of 133 lots, all illustrated in colour
and described.
285 Boulay, Anthony du: CHINESE PORCELAIN. London, 1973. 95 pp. 30 colour plates, 102 illustrations. 24x21
cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A history of Chinese porcelain from the 3rd century BC to the 20th century with numerous illustrations.
286 Bourne, Jonathan et al: LACQUER. An International History and Collector’s Guide. Marlborough, 1984. 256 pp.
Numerous illustrations, 118 in colour. Glossary, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A well illustrated history of lacquer in the Orient and in the West. Includes sections on materials and techniques and how to restore
lacquer. Contributors include: Anthony Christie, Craig Clunas, Julia Hutt & O. Impey.
287 Brankston, A. D: EARLY MING WARES OF CHINGTECHEN. Peking, 1938. xvi, 103 pp. 47 plates, 4 tables
showing special forms, 2 maps. Appendixes & index. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Valuable well-written account of Chinese porcelain from the 15th century. This is the first edition, which became the standard work
on Yongle and Xuande wares. Limited edition of 650 copies.
288 Bredon, Juliet: CHINESE SHADOWS. Peking, 1922. 91 pp. One b/w engraving. 20x15 cm. Cloth. Wear and
marks. Slight loss to top of spine.
£60.00
An extremely rare Bredon item that we have never seen before. Appears to comprise a combination of a few Chinese poems together
with a majority of poems by Ms. Bredon. A number have a Peking flavour and the poems are in distinct sections: Child Songs, Songs
of the People, Temple Sketches, Inscriptions, Impressions. There are also two brief prose works. Slightly shaky in its binding.
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289 Brinkley, F: A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE. From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.
London, 1915. xi, 784 pp. 150 illustrations and maps. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
With delightful illustrations engraved on wood by Japanese artists together with halftone plates and maps. A very detailed index. Encyclopaedia Britannica edition.
290 Brown, Claudia & Ju-hsi Chou: TRANSCENDING TURMOIL. Painting at the Close of China’s Empire 1796£60.00
1911. Phoenix, 1992. 368 pp. 110 plates, 19 in colour. Notes bibliography. 30x20 cm. Paper.
Splendid catalogue of a travelling exhibition in the States. The paintings are loaned from Museum’s as well as private collections, and
illustrate the tradition during the latter part of the Qing.
291 Brown, Roxanna M: THE CERAMICS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA. Their Dating and Identification. Oxford in
Asia Studies in Ceramics. Oxford, 1988. 250 pp. 216 colour and 275 b/w illustrations, 69 figures, 6 maps,
bibliography. 28x21 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
In this new edition (original published 1977), the author has brought her original study fully up to date, has corrected and revised the
text where necessary, and has added a number of new illustrations and maps. The outcome is virtually a new re-illustrated book .
292 Burgess, John: THE GUILDS OF PEKING. New York, 1970. 270 pp. Cloth.
£20.00
Reprint New York, 1928. A scholarly, sociological analysis of all types of guilds in Peking during the 1920s, based primarily on data
obtained from a questionnaire.
293 Butler, Michael, Julia Curtis, Stephen Little et al: TREASURES FROM AN UNKNOWN REIGN: SHUNZHI
PORCELAIN 1644-1661. Alexandria, 2002. 252 pp. Colour plates and illustrations throughout. 30x23 cm.
Paper.
£60.00
Exhibition and catalogue of porcelain produced during the reign of the first Qing Emperor, Shunzhi. Shows the evolution of shapes,
and styles of painting with numerous motifs and themes depicted. 87 wares are illustrated in excellent colour and described in detail.
Paperback edition.
294 Cadet, J. M: THE RAMAKIEN: THE THAI EPIC. Illustrated with the bas-reliefs of Wat Phra Jetubon, Bangkok..
Tokyo, 1971. 256 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Relates the story of this famous Thai epic illustrated with black-and-white rubbings of scenes from the tale taken from the well-known
series of stone reliefs at Wat Phra Jetubon in Bangkok. Introductory essays accompany.
295 Cadonna, Alfredo ed: INDIA, TIBET, CHINA. Genesis and Aspects of Traditional Narrative. Orientalia Venetiana,
7. Florence, 1999. x, 323 pp. 9 figures, 11 colour illustrations. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Finely-produced academic proceedings of a meeting on the varieties of traditional narrative (especially Buddhist tales) which span
and link the cultures in the title. With contributions by Mair (on the transformation texts closely associated with north-west China),
Idema, Dudbridge and others.
296 Cahill, James: THE COMPELLING IMAGE. Nature and Style in Seventeenth Century Chinese Painting. The
Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Harvard, 1982. xi, 250 pp. 12 colour plates, 238 illustrations, 2 maps. Notes, index.
30x23 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Explores the painting of the era when the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China dramatically changed the
lives and thinking of artists and intellectuals. Illustrations from world-wide collections.
297 Cahill, James: THE PAINTERS’ PRACTICE. How Artists Lived and Worked in Traditional China. New York,
1994. xi, 187 pp. 113 illustrations, 2 in colour. Notes, bibliography, index. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
For the first time, an intimate and systematic look at the way the Chinese painter lived and worked, showing us the world of household painting workshops and paid ‘ghostpainters’, of go-betweens, forgers, etc. Immensely readable.
298 Fairbank, J. & Twitchett, D. ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA VOLUME 10. Late Ch’ing 18001911, Part I. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge, 1978. xvi, 713 pp. 15 maps, bibliography, index. 24x17
cm. Cloth.
£120.00
The first of two volumes, which traces political development and events until 1928, and examines economic trends in the period and
the rise of the new middle class.
299 Fairbank, J. & Twitchett, D. ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA VOLUME 11. Late Ch’ing 18001911, Part 2. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge, 1980. xx, 754 pp. 14 maps, bibliography, index. 24x17
cm. Cloth.
£120.00
Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late 19th century and the profound restlessness leading to revolution.
300 CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE ART IN FOREIGN COLLECTIONS: VOLS. 1-6. Tokyo, 1991-96. 213,; 175;
101; 134; 166; 196 pp. Each volume with hundreds of b/w plates. 6 vols. 30x22 cm. Paper.
£90.00
Six volumes from a series of works documenting collections of Japanese art outside Japan. Vol. 1: Painting and Sculpture of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.; Vol. 2: Painting and Sculpture of the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection and the Mary and
Jackson Burke Foundation, New York.; Vol. 3: Painting and Sculpture of Philadelphia Museum of Art.; Vol. 4: Painting of the Price
Collection.; Vol. 5: Painting and sculpture of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.; Vol.: 6: Paintings of the Musée Guimet, Paris.
Each volume copiously-illustrated with small black-and-white plates. In English and Japanese.
301 Ch’en, Jerome: YUAN SHIH-K’AI 1859-1916. Brutus Assumes the Purple. London, 1961. 290 pp. Frontispiece.
Map, bibliography, index. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
First edition of a study of this largely-reviled leader, whose legacy was the warlord era.
302 Chao, Yuen Ren: READINGS IN SAYABLE CHINESE 3. (Contains: ‘The Mollusc’ by H. H. Davies and ‘The
Wild Rose’ by Ch’en Ch’üan). 中國話的讀物 3 。 趙元任 。 軟體動物 。 戴維思 原著； 趙元任 編譯、
野玫瑰 。 陳銓 著. San Francisco, 1968. xv, 355 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Chao Yuen Ren, the most lively and interesting of academic linguists, produced a series of three readers in ‘Sayable Chinese’ for his
taught courses at the University of California. Vol. 3 contains two examples of spoken drama, the first of them translated by Chao.
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303 Chaplin, Hamako Ito and Martin, Samuel: A MANUAL OF JAPANESE WRITING 1-3. Yale Linguistic Series.
New Haven, 1967. xi, 369; vi, 330; vi, 378 pp. 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A textbook in three volumes for the student of Japanese, concentrating on the 881 essential or ‘education’ characters ‘Kyoiku-kanji’.
First volume a little scuffed with some tape on cover, insides good throughout.
304 Chen Deyun: GUJIN RENWU BIEMING SUOYIN. (Synonymy of Names of Distinguished Chinese, Ancient
£50.00
and Modern). Changchun, 1982. 61, 625 pp. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
Lists the fancy, study, pen and other alternative names that are often used in Chinese literature instead of the ordinary names of the
person referred to. Reprint of Canton 1937 edition. T&B 3:188. Useful and scarce reference. In Chinese,
305 Chen Songchang et al. comp. & ed: MAWANGDUI JIANBO WENZI BIAN. (Dictionary of Written Characters
on Woodslips and Silk from Mawangdui). 馬王堆簡帛文字編 。 陳松長 等 編著. Beijing, 2001. 2, 4, 8, 4, 614,
20 pp. Indexes. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Cross-referenced dictionary of script forms found on the woodslips and silk documents from the hugely important archaeological site
discovered near Changsha. In Chinese.
306 Chen Xiujun: HAISHANG JINXIU: GUXIU ZHENPING TEJI. Fancy Art of Shanghai: Selected Works of the
Gu’s Embroidery. 海上錦繡 ： 顧繡珍品特集 。 陳燮君 主編. Shanghai, 2007. 247 pp. Colour plates throughout.
A few b/w illustrations and drawings. 2 foldouts. 30x23 cm. Wrappers.
£60.00
Catalogue of a fine exhibition at the Shanghai Museum examining the little-known but superb embroidery created during the late Ming
dynasty by the ladies of the Gu family of Shanghai. This embroidery had much influence on the embroidery centres of Suzhou and elsewhere. In sections: Copies of Classical Works; Taoism and Buddhism; Flora and Fauna; Narrative Themes. A total of 55 examples
from a number of Chinese museum collections are illustrated in colour and described. Near dual texts in Chinese and English including introductions, essays and descriptions of exhibits.
307 Cheng Cunjie: SHIJIU SHIJI ZHONGGUO WAIXIAO TONGCAO SHUICAIHUA YANJIU. Chinese Export
Watercolours on Pith in 19th Century. 十九世紀中國外銷通草水彩畫研究 。 程存潔 著. Shanghai, 2008. 2, iv,
312 pp. Hundreds of colour illustrations. 21x23 cm. Wrappers.
£55.00
Excellent visual reference on 19th century Chinese export watercolours. Show hundreds of series and sets including, amongst much
else, views of Chinese ports, trades and crafts, boats and ships, beautiful women, flowers, butterflies and punishments. Illustrated
throughout. In Chinese.
308 Chiang Yee: A CHINESE CHILDHOOD. New York, 1963. viii, 304 pp. 8 plates and over 200 text illustrations.
20x13 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Reminiscences by the Silent Traveller of his home between the age of five and fifteen. Paperback reprint.
309 China Problems Research Center ed: SELECTED WORKS OF LIN PIAO. Hong Kong, 1970. ix, 488 pp. 21x15
cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Very scarce work in English giving a selection of the reports and speeches of Lin Biao. Bump to front top right corner.
310 China Revolution Museum ed: JINIAN ZHOU ENLAI. (In Memory of Zhou Enlai). Beijing, 1985. c. 200 pp. Over
500 b/w photographs. 26x24 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with some wear.
£35.00
The life and times of one of modern China’s great figures — Premier Zhou Enlai. A chronological treatment, copiously-illustrated in
black-and-white. In Chinese.
311 THE CHINESE REPOSITORY VOLUME V. From May 1836 to April 1837. Tokyo, 1941. viii, 576 pp. 21x15
cm. Silk-covered cloth. Some wear to edges.
£60.00
Invaluable to the historian of China in the 19th Century, besides articles on various aspects of Chinese society, language and culture
this contains articles on: Relations of France with China; Military Skill and Power of the Chinese; Description of Manipur; Schools
in Singapore; Coast of China; various articles on the opium trade and cultivation of the poppy; Ophthalmic Hospital at Canton... and
much more besides. Scarce Tokyo reprint of the very rare original.
312 Chu Pao-liang: TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE WRITERS AND THEIR PEN NAMES.
二十世紀中國作家筆名錄 。 朱寶樑 編. Boston, 1977. xix, 366 pp. Index. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Useful reference work allowing writers’ various names to be correlated. Arranged by romanization, with an index to ‘first words’.
Gives characters and dates where known.
313 Chung, Anita ed.; with Shan Guolin: CHINESE PAINTINGS FROM THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM 1851-1911.
Edinburgh, 2000. 144 pp. 100 colour illustrations. 20x21 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Interesting selection of late Qing paintings which reflect, in particular, the lively artistic scene in Shanghai at the time, and were
painted for local collectors. Exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland, preface by Roderick Whitfield.
314 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY
IV:3. Summer 1994. Renaissance, 1994. 72 pp. 90 illustrations, 50 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Handler: The Ubiquitous Stool; Evarts: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture; Zhang Yinwu: A Survey of Chu-Style Furniture; Ecke:
A Group of Eighteenth-Century Paintings of Beijing Interiors.
315 Classical Chinese Furniture Society: JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE SOCIETY
IV:4. Autumn 1994. Renaissance, 1994. 72 pp. 102 illustrations, 38 in colour. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Handler: Square Tables Where the Immortals Dine; Chen: A One-Thousand-Year Old Daybed; Evarts: The Enigmatic Altar Coffer;
Handler: The Korean and Chinese Furniture Traditions; Sloman: The ‘Indian’ Period of European Furniture.
316 Clunas, Craig: SUPERFLUOUS THINGS. Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China. Cambridge,
1991. vii, 219 pp. 7 plates. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
An extremely important and original book, replete with valuable information about people, things, and collections. It is a manual of
taste and a guide to Ming period consumerism.
317 Cohen, Joan Lebold: PAINTING THE CHINESE DREAM. Chinese Art Thirty Years after the Revolution.
Northampton, 1982. 46 pp. 7 b/w illustrations. Bibliography. 21x28 cm. Paper.
£15.00
An exhibition catalogue from the Smith College Museum of Art with a comprehensive introduction and detailed biographies.
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318 Contag, Victoria: DIE SECHS BERÜHMTEN MALER DER CH’ING-DYNASTIE. Leipzig, 1940. 107 pp.
text. 57 illustrations on loose plates. 31x22 cm. Paper & loose plates, in box.
£95.00
A discussion of the landscape painting of 6 Qing artists: Wang Shimin, Wang Qian, Wu Li, Wang Hui, Yun Shouping, and Wang Yuanqi.
The box slightly scuffed, otherwise very good. In German.
319 Contag, Victoria and Wang Chi-chuan: SEALS OF CHINESE PAINTERS AND COLLECTORS. Of the Ming
and Ch’ing Periods. Hong Kong, 1982. lxviii, 726 pp. Chinese, English and German text. Seals reproduced in red.
26x19 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Reprint of revised edition of 1966 by James Cahill, with supplement. 9,000 seal impressions of paintings in the Palace Museum and
in Chinese collections, together with 739 impressions found on American owned works. an important reference.
320 Crane, Louise: CHINA IN SIGN AND SYMBOL. A Panorama of Chinese Life, Past and Present. Shanghai, 1927.
£350.00
xx, 227 pp. 49 plates, incl. 36 fine chromolithos. (2 large fold.) 29x23 cm. Cloth.
Colourful guide to the wealth and ingenuity of Chinese shop signs, painted by professional artists to advertise every conceivable stockin-trade. Nicely printed with an imaginative text, asserting the importance of these signs and symbols for the student of Chinese psychology. Fascinating insight into the world of traditional Chinese trades. A good clean copy of one of our favourite books. Rare.
321 Croes, Gisele: THIS LIFE AND THE AFTER-LIFE. From Archaic Ritual Bronzes to Tang Mural Paintings.
Brussels, 1996. 130 pp. 50 colour plates. Bibliography. 31x21 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Dealer’s catalogue including some excellent examples of early Chinese archaic bronzes, pottery, etc. Also 7 examples of Tang period
mural paintings, here studied from various aspects in brief essays.
322 Croizier, Ralph: ART AND REVOLUTION IN MODERN CHINA. The Lingnan (Cantonese) School of Painting,
1906-1951. Berkeley, 1988. xviii, 224 pp. Glossary, index, bibliography. 81 illustrations, 4 colour plates. 24x16 cm.
Cloth.
£40.00
Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren sought to stimulate national renewal through a new style of painting which would combine
the best of modern Western and traditional Chinese art.
323 Cultural Relics and Archaeological Institute of Zhejiang ed: LIANGZHU YIZHI QUN. Liangzhu Sites Group
(Remains of Liangzhu Sites). 良渚遺址群. Liangzhu Yizhi Qun Kaogu Baogao zhi San. Beijing, 2005. 493 pp. 48
pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w plates, illustrations and detailed b/w text drawings, 2 foldouts. 29x22 cm.
Boards.
£70.00
With much detailed, this volume studies and reports on the remains at 130 sites of the Liangzhu culture located in an area of 42 square
kilometres near Hangzhou in China’s Zhejiang province. In addition to the archaeological reports, the work reproduces a work by Xu
Xingeng (the father of Liangzhu Archaeology) originally published in 1938: Liangzhu: A Primary Report of the Black Pottery Culture
Site in Hang County Area. Numerous finds of jade and pottery are illustrated in colour. One page English abstract, otherwise Chinese.
324 Czaja, Michael: GODS OF MYTH AND STONE. Phallicism in Japanese Folk Religion. Tokyo, 1974. 294 pp. 101
b/w illustrations. Appendix, bibliography, index. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
An account of the sculptures of Japanese folk worship and the religious ideas of the common people who produced them, focusing on
Dosojin, including chapters on Shamanism. Scarce.
325 Dalton, William: THE WOLF-BOY OF CHINA. Or Incidents and Adventures in the Life of Lyu-Payo. London,
1858. vi, 383 pp. 3 b/w fullpage engravings. 18x12 cm. Decorative cloth.
£120.00
A curious item that seems to draw on many threads of the scanty knowledge of China in the mid 19th century and bring them together
in this book. Thus the tale starts amidst the foreign enclave of Canton and moves around China at some speed giving various facts and
snippets of Chinese life. The story revolves around the life of Lyu-Payo and his adventures which includes life amongst the Miao of
Southwest China, bandits, robbers and much else that would appeal to the active imaginations of young boys for whom the work was
intended. Slight watermark to the tops of pages. Does not intrude onto engraved images. Second edition. Sensitively refurbished and
rebacked preserving as much of the original binding as possible and matching cloth (for supporting new spine). First edition, rare.
326 Dani, Prof. Ahmad Hasan ed: ANCIENT PAKISTAN VOLUME II 1965-66. Bulletin of the Department of
Archaeology University of Peshawar. Peshawar, n.d. v, 238 pp. B/w plates, text drawings. 3 folding maps, 1 folding
table. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£75.00
Contains: Ghafoor: Two Lost Inscriptions Relating to the Arab Conquest of Kabul and the North West Region of West Pakistan;
Chaghatai: Bara Bridge Inscription of Shahjahan; Dani: Shaikhan Dheri excavation (1963 and 1964 Seasons). With the occasional
annotation. Rare.
327 Das, Sarat Chandra: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAMMAR OF THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE. With the
Texts of Situhl Sum≈rTags, Dag-je Sal-wai Me-long and Shal-lun. Peking, 1941. xi, xxvii, 62 pp. plus 12 appendices
comprising c. 220 pp. 3 b/w photographs. 27x21 cm. Printed boards with wear and slight loss, cloth spine — starting
to detach.
£50.00
1941 Peking reprint of Darjeeling, 1915, original edition. Appendices include “A Tibetan Marriage”, “Pass-port or Road-bill”,
“Dalai Lama’s Letter to King Edward VII”, “Dalai Lama’s Hierarchy”, and others. Ex-library with usual marks. Functional working copy of this scarce work.
328 Davey, Neil K: NETSUKE. A Comprehensive Study based on the M. T. Hindson Collection. London, 1982. 566
pp. 1322 pieces all illustrated, 182 in colour. Indexes, bibliography, price list. 31x21 cm. Cloth.
£300.00
This new revised edition illustrates and describes 1322 pieces from one of the most comprehensive collections ever formed. It contains
450 signature illustrations and an enlarged bibliography. Good, clean, firm copy with dustjacket.
329 Davidson-Houston, J. & Dewar-Durie, R. trans: FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS. Of the Chinese National
Army. Peiping, 1934. x, 157 pp. 22x14 cm. Half cloth.
£45.00
A good firm copy of this scarce work.
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330 Davis, John Francis: CHINESE NOVELS, TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINALS; TO WHICH ARE
ADDED PROVERBS AND MORAL MAXIMS, COLLECTED FROM THEIR CLASSICAL BOOKS AND
OTHER SOURCES. London, 1822. 3 ff., 250 pp. 22x14 cm. Later cloth.
£150.00
First edition; Lust 1097.
An introduction to Chinese secular literature by one of the foremost Sinologists of the day. The novels are ‘The Shadow in the Water’,
‘The Twin Sisters’ and ‘The Three Dedicated Chambers’, the last two being translated into a European language for the first time. ‘The
Shadow in the Water’ had already appeared in a Canton edition of 1815. It is prefaced by a quotation from the story of Pyramus and
Thisbe in Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’, which bears a passing resemblance to the Chinese tale.
The book opens with observations on the Chinese language, and amounts to a fascinating contemporary review of Robert Morrison’s
‘Dictionary’ and Joshua Marshman’s ‘Grammar’.
331 de Benneville, James S: SAITO MUSASHI-BO BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei). Yokohama, 1910.
xxvii, 391; vii, 453 pp. Colour frontispiece to each volume, several fullpage b/w plates. Large b/w folding map 2
vols. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
The title continues: ‘Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo
Benkei the Warrior Monk.’ Based on the Heike Monogatari and the Gempei Seisuiki, this two-volume work follows the career and adventures of Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189) and his follower, the warrior-monk Musashi-bo Benkei. The two exemplified the warrior spirit so important in traditional Japanese culture. Very rare first Yokohama edition, privately published by the author. In fine
condition. Not in Cordier or Nachod.
332 de Boer, T. J: THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM. London, 1933. xiii, 216 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
333 Dees, Jan: TAISHO KIMONO. Speaking of Past and Present. 2009. 291 pp. 347 colour illustrations. 30x24 cm.
Cloth.
£63.50
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, this work shows the stunning inventiveness and versatility of textile designers during the Taisho period of the early 20th century in Japan. 118 kimonos are illustrated in full page colour and with
close-up details of designs.
334 Deng Pingxiang ed: 2007 NIAN: ZHONGGUO DANGDAI YISHU WENXIAN. 2007 Chinese Contemporary
Art Document. 2007年 ： 中國當代藝術文獻 。 鄧平祥 主編. Changsha, 2007. 844 pp. Colour plates throughout.
29x21 cm. Boards.
£100.00
A large annual compilation on contemporary Chinese art with accompanying documentation. This for the year 2007. The work of
many contemporary Chinese artists is shown, together with biographical details and lists of exhibitions in which they participated. The
work stands as a good reference to the art and artists active in present-day China. The works shown are mostly oil paintings plus
sculpture, photography and performance art. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
335 Deng Sanmu: SHUFA XUEXI BIDU. (Essentials for the Practice of Calligraphy). 書法學習必讀 。 鄧散木.
Beijing, 1958. 130 pp. B/w illustrations and figures throughout. 21x16 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Illustrated manual of Chinese calligraphy, in Chinese.
336 di Cosmo, Nicolo ed: THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF INNER ASIA. The Chinggisid Age. Cambridge, 2009.
xxv, 488 pp. 9 maps. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
Focusses on the history and legacy of the Mongol empire founded by Chingis (Genghis) Khan. Examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its successor states and the non-Mongol dynasties that subsequently rose to dominate Inner Asia. An excellent and detailed reference.
337 Ding Naishu and Zhao Mimi ed: ZHONGGUO LIDAI XIASHUO XUAN. (A Selection of Chinese Fiction Down
the Ages). 中國歷代小說選 。 丁乃庶、 趙彌彌 編. Taibei, 1957. 20, 346 pp. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£15.00
A Selection of extracts from famous texts. In Chinese only.
338 Doi Tsugiyoshi: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 8 — MOTONOBU — EITOKU. (Great collection of
inkpaintings, Vol. 8: Motonobu and Eitoku). Tokyo, 1978. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 8 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings.
339 Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena et al: A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO CHINESE LITERATURE 1900-1949 —
VOLUMES 1-IV. Leiden, 1987-89. 238; 300; 368; 354 pp. Indexes. 4 vols. 25x16 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
With volumes on The Novel; The Short Story; The Poem; The Drama. The aim of the selective guide is to facilitate the first stage of
research for those interested in Chinese literature between 1900 and 1949, providing the reader with basic information on more than
300 works.
340 Dou Kun & Lo, Helen comp. & trans: 1910 MOLIXUN ZHONGGUO XIBEI XING. G. E. Morrison’s Journey
in Northwest China in 1910. 1910 莫理循中國西北行 。 竇坤 海倫 編譯. Fuzhou, 2008. 2, 13, 1, 3, 186; 1, 3, 147
pp. B/w photographs throughout. 2 vols. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£80.00
G. E. Morrison, the Times correspondent known as ‘Morrison of Peking’, travelled in Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces of Northwest China from January to July 1910. He took over 1000 photographs which showed the people, places, scenery and daily life of this
then little-travelled and remote area. A fascinating work illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Dual text in English & Chinese.
341 Douglas, Janet et al: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE SCULPTURAL ARTS OF ASIA. Proceedings of the
Third Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art. London, 2007. 212 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. 30x22
cm. Boards.
£60.00
Includes papers on Southeast Asian jade, Chinese bronzes, Mongolian deer stones, Japanese polychrome sculpture and more. A total
of 22 contributions.
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342 Du Yongzhen et al: ZHONGGUO JINDAI SHI CANKAO TULU. (An Illustrated Reference to Recent Chinese
History). 中國近代史參考圖彔 。 杜永鎮 等 編著. Shanghai, 1986. 5, 540 pp. B/w photographs throughout.
£50.00
27x20 cm. Cloth.
An illustrated photo-history of China from the Opium War through to the May Fourth Movement. Black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout show personalities, event and historical documents. Text in Chinese.
343 Dunhuang Research Institute ed: DUNHUANG BIHUA YISHU JICHENG YU CHUANGXIN: GUOJI
XUESHU YANTAOHUI LUNWEN JI. (Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Legacy and Future
of the Dunhuang Murals). 敦煌壁畫藝術繼承與創新 ： 國際學術研討會論文集 。 敦煌研究院 編. Shanghai,
2008. 719 pp. 62 colour plates. B/w text illustrations and drawings. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Proceedings of a symposium held at Dunhuang in 2007. A total of 71 scholarly papers. In Chinese.
344 Ellsworth, Robert: CHINESE HARDWOOD FURNITURE IN HAWAIIAN COLLECTIONS. Honolulu, 1982.
99 pp. 91 illustrations. Glossary, bibliography. 27x24 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Includes Ellsworth: ‘Chinese Furniture, an Overview’ and ‘Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture’, Link: ‘Dr. Gustave Ecke and Chinese Furniture in Hawaii’, and a catalogue of the exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
345 Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield: CHINESE FURNITURE. The Hung Collection. Hong Kong, 2005. 262; 201 pp. 203
pieces illustrated in colour. 2 vols. 28x24 cm. Cloth.
£150.00
Mimi and Raymond Hung, advised by Robert Ellsworth, have been collecting Chinese furniture since the 1980s. Their collection includes some of the finest and most unusual examples of Chinese hardwood furniture. This two volume work shows 203 examples from
the collection with Ellsworth’s notes on each piece. Please note that Volume One of this work is the 1996 work on the Hung Collection: Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection. The second volume shows a further
103 examples from the collection, presumably acquired since 1996. Illustrated throughout in colour and well-described.
346 Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield: LATER CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY: 1800-1950. New York,
1987. xvi, 399; xviii; xxiii pp. text. 650 colour plates. 3 vols. 26x36 cm. Cloth, cloth box.
£300.00
A sumptuous publication, the result of thirty year’s of discerning collecting. Volume 1 is text; volume 2 with 369 paintings by 190
artists; volume 3 has 288 reproductions of calligraphy. A fine overview of the field.
347 Eskenazi: SONG: CHINESE CERAMICS 10TH TO 13TH CENTURY (PART 3). London, 2007. 83 pp. Colour
plates throughout. Bibliography. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
20 superb pieces illustrated and documented for Eskenazi’s Spring 2007 show coinciding with ‘Asian Art in New York’. Most pieces
illustrated with multiple views. All bases and marks illustrated.
348 Espir, Helen: EUROPEAN DECORATION ON ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 1700-1830. London, 2005. 269 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A well-researched and detailed work that adds to our knowledge of the subject. Chapters: 1. The Portuguese and Dutch Trade 15001700 and the Response of the Delft Potters; 2. The Importance of the Collection of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, c.1700-1733; 3.
Japanese and Chinese styles in European Decoration and the Resulting Chinoiseries; 4. Fine European Decoration: The Development
of Chinoiseries and its European Sources; 5. Dutch Decoration: Topical Subjects and Their Historical Context; 6. English Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, c.1700-1830. Illustrated throughout in colour.
349 Evarts, Curtis: TRADITIONAL CHINESE FURNITURE FROM THE GREATER SHANXI REGION: C. L.
MA COLLECTION. Shanxi Chuantong Jiaju Keleju Xuancang. 山西傳統家具可樂居選藏. Hong Kong, 1999.
284 pp. 252 colour and 144 b/w illustrations. Cloth.
£110.00
One hundred and forty-eight pieces of traditional furniture from the Shanxi region in a well-produced publication documenting a private collection. Introduction by Wang Shixiang and good descriptive text. In English.
350 Executive Committee of the Exhibition ed: PERSIAN ART. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian
Art at Burlington House. London, 1931. xix pp. text plus 101 pp. b/w plates. 25x19 cm. Half cloth.
£40.00
Catalogue of this famous exhibition of Persian treasures held at the Royal Academy, London, in 1931. The black-and-white plates show
numerous exhibits in various media.
351 Fang Lili: JINGDEZHEN MINYAO. (The Local Kilns of Jingdezhen). 景德鎮民窯 。 方李莉 著. Beijing, 2002.
5, 346 pp. 30 pp. colour plates, numerous b/w text illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Describes the history and production of the local kilns of Jingdezhen that produced non-imperial folk porcelains. This is a work with
much detail and is a useful reference. Illustrations show various porcelains produced in the kilns together with pictures of production
etc. In Chinese.
352 Fang Quji: MING QING ZHUANKE LIUPAI JIANSHU. (An Introduction to Seal Carvers Active during the
Ming and Qing Dynasties). 明清篆刻流派簡述 。 方去疾 編釘. Shanghai, 1983. 10, 225 pp. B/w & red
illustrations throughout. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£40.00
A useful work listing numerous carvers of seals active in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. There is a brief description of
each seal carver accompanied by illustrations of seal impressions and rubbings of inscriptions on seal bodies. In Chinese.
353 Feng Jicai: TEN YEARS OF MADNESS. Oral Histories of China’s Cultural Revolution. San Francisco, 1996. 250
pp. 22x14 cm. Paper.
£15.00
This book is translated from its Chinese edition under the title ‘Ten Years of One Hundred People’ which will be published simultaneously in China to mark the 30th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution.
354 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: HUAXIAN JUAN. (A Collection of Chinese
Woodblock New Year Prints: Huaxian). 中國木板年畫集成 ： 滑縣卷 。 馮驥才 主編. Beijing, 2009. 247 pp.
Full page colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers.
£110.00
In a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese new year prints (nianhua), this copiously-illustrated work shows fine quality woodblock prints from the little-known Huaxian located in the south of Shanxi province. Many examples of prints held in various
collections and dating from the late Qing dynasty onwards are shown. An excellent visual survey. Text in Chinese.
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355 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: NEIQIU SHENMA JUAN. (A Collection of
Chinese Woodblock New Year Prints: Neiqiu Spirit Prints). 中國木板年畫集成 ： 內丘神碼卷 。 馮驥才 主編.
£135.00
Beijing, 2009. 353 pp. Full page colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers.
In a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese new year prints, this copiously-illustrated work shows the curious, naively
primitive woodblock prints from the little-known Neiqiu area in the south of Hebei province. The prints predominantly show spirits and
deities. Many examples of prints held in various collections and dating from the late Qing dynasty onwards are shown. An excellent
visual survey. Text in Chinese.
356 Feng Jicai: ZHONGGUO MUBAN NIANHUA JICHENG: WUQIANG JUAN. (A Collection of Chinese
Woodblock New Year Prints: Prints from Wuqiang). 中國木板年畫集成 ： 武強卷 。 馮驥才 主編. Beijing,
2009. 409 pp. Full page colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Wrappers.
£145.00
In a series on centres of production of traditional Chinese new year prints, this copiously-illustrated work shows woodblock prints from
the well-known Wuqiang tradition. Wuqiang is located in Hebei province. Hundreds of varied examples of prints dating from the late
Qing dynasty onwards are shown. An excellent visual survey. Text in Chinese.
357 Fenollosa, Ernest F: EPOCHS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE ART I-II. An Outline History of Asiatic Design.
New York, 1963. xxxvii, 204; xiv, 235 pp. 228 illustrations. 2 vols. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£25.00
This book discusses sculpture as well as painting. It is very readable and of the utmost importance, though much of its scholarship is
out of date. A pioneering work. New and revised edition.
358 Firminger, Walter Kelly ed: THE FIFTH REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY COMPANY. New York, 1969. 18,
cccxxxiv, xvii, 322, 4; xx, 752; xxx, 595, ii, 58, xxxiv pp. Pocket containing 15 tables. 3 vols. 25X16 cm. Cloth.
£225.00
From the preface: ‘This monumental work was issued by order of Parliament in the year 1812 and is still the standard authority on
land tenures and judicial and police systems of British India. It has been known to sell at fabulous prices and is now practically unobtainable at any price... a faithful and unexpurgated verbatim reprint of the original report’. With an historical introduction and copious biographical and topographical notes. Also contains the valuable minute of April 1788 of Sir John Shore, not in the original
report. Reprint of the 1917 edition. Scarce and valuable three volume reference on the East India Company. In fine condition.
359 Fischer, Otto: AUSSTELLUNG CHINESISCHE STEINABKLATSCHE. Zürich, 1944. 31 pp. 11 tipped-in
plates. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Exhibition catalogue from the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Zürich of Chinese figurative stone rubbings from the collection of Dr. Otto Fischer.
360 Frederick Muller & Cie: ART DE L’EXTREME ORIENT: BOUDDHAS EN BOIS, BRONZE ET CUIVRE
LAQUES-BRONZES... Kakemonos Midzou-Ires — Tsubas — Netsukes Ceramiques de L’Epoque, Ming.....
Amsterdam, 1923. 14 pp. 6 b/w plates. 1 foldout. 32x24 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Catalogue of an interesting auction held in Amsterdam in 1923. The plates show an extremely fine ensemble of three 16th century
Japanese bronze Buddhist figures, together with other fine Japanese sculpture. In French. Loose in covers.
361 Frey, Robert L. ed: THE BULLETIN OF THE FRIENDS OF JADE 1. London, 1980. 50 pp. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
The first issue of the Bulletin contains an annotated translation of the second half of Abel-Remusat’s Histoire de la Ville de Khotan,
the first main piece of research in a Western language on the subject of jade.
362 Fu Jiayi: ZHUANZI YINHUI. (Dictionary of Characters on Seal Impressions). 篆字印彙 。 傅嘉儀 編著.
Shanghai, 1999. 8, 1-870; 871-1716, 36 pp. Reproductions of seal impressions in b/w and red throughout.
Bibliography, indexes. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Impressive, large-scale dictionary arranged by character. For each entry selected early forms of the character are shown followed by
a number of seal impressions which contain the character. Each seal is numbered and referenced. Chinese only. Out-of-print.
363 Fu, Marilyn and Shen: STUDIES IN CONNOISSEURSHIP. Chinese Paintings from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collection. New York, 1976. xv, 378 pp. Many illustrations, some in colour. 35x29 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
The emphasis of the Sackler collection in New York and Princeton is not only on the intrinsic quality of its acquisitions but also on
their value for research. 41 works by 24 artists are discussed. Price much reduced to move an accumulation of stock.
364 FUJIAN TAOCI. (Fujian Porcelain). Zhongguo Taoci. Shanghai, 1996. 195 pp. 245 colour plates. A few b/w text
illustrations. 33x27 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
The ceramics and porcelain of Fujian from the Stone Age onwards. Includes a good number of Blanc-de-Chine pieces. Well-illustrated
in colour. In Chinese only.
365 Fukukita, Yasunosuke: TEA CULT OF JAPAN. An Aesthetic Pastime. Tourist Library 1. Tokyo, 1935. 77 pp. 50
illustrations, 1 in colour. Glossary. Brief bibliography. 19x13 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Outlines the origin of tea-drinking and gives details of the ceremony. First edition.
366 Fung Yu-Lan. Edited by Derk Bodde: A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY. Taipei, 1973. xx, 368
pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A concise version of Professor Fung’s monumental study first published in 1934. Taiwan reprint.
367 Gabbert, Gunhild: DIE MASKEN DES BUGAKU. Profane Japanische Tanzmasken der Heian- und KamakuraZeit. Sinologica Coloniensia 1. Wiesbaden, 1972. x, 719 pp. 58 pp. b/w plates with 232 illustrations. 2 vols. 24x17
cm. Paper.
£40.00
A most profound study of the profane dance masks of the Bugaku theatre. In German.
368 Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Research Bureau et al. ed: SHUILIANDONG SHIKU QUN. (The Cave Grotto
Complex at Shuiliandong). 水帘洞石窟群. Beijing, 2009. x, 172 pp. text plus 20 pp. colour plates & 24 pp. b/w
plates. Numerous text drawings. 5 foldouts. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
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The well-preserved but little-known Shuiliandong Grottoes are located in the remote south-east of China’s Gansu province. The site
has developed continuously from the Sui through to the Qing dynasties and this is the first thorough study of the site. Three page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
369 Gardner, K. B: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE BOOKS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
Printed before 1700. London, 1994. 912 pp. 30 colour and 300 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£245.00
This catalogue contains detailed descriptions of 635 books printed and published in Japan, and comprising the entire collection of
Japanese antiquarian books in the British Library. Entries are arranged by subject. Indexes, bibliography, supporting reference material.
370 Garner, Sir Harry M: CHINESE LACQUER. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain. London, 1979. 272 pp.
9 colour plates, 214 illustrations. Bibliography, index. 25x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£40.00
A systematic study of lacquer, with emphasis on wares of the Yuan period onwards. Techniques discussed include filled-in, surface
gold-decorated, and mother-of-pearl.
371 Geng Baochang: MING QING CIQI JIANDING. Ming and Qing Porcelain on Inspection. Hong Kong, 1993. 544
pp. 159 colour plates, 596 b/w illustrations, 243 line drawings. Appendixes. 31x22 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Finely produced, single-volume edition of the work of Geng Baochang — Research Fellow of the Palace Museum, Beijing — on ceramics connoisseurship. Appendixes with transcriptions and lists of persons and factories active in the ceramic industry. Chinese text.
372 Geng Baochang & Qin Xilin ed: ZHUSHAN BA YOU. (The Eight Friends of Zhushan). 珠山八友 。 耿寶昌 等
編. Nanchang, 2004. 766 pp. Colour plates throughout, colour text illustrations. 2 vols. 30x24 cm. Cloth. £250.00
An excellent addition to the literature on Republic Period (Minguo) Chinese ceramics, this large two-volume work focuses on the
work of the pre-eminent ceramic artists active in Jingdezhen during the Republic period. Known collectively as the Zhushan Ba You
(The Eight Friends of Zhushan), this group included Wang Qi, Wang Dafan, Xu Zhongnan, Wang Yeting, He Xuren, Liu Yucen, Cheng
Yiting, Bi Botao, Deng Bishan and Tian Hexian. The life and work of each artist is covered in detail with numerous ceramics illustrated.
In addition, and of particular interest, paintings by each artists are shown. For a couple of artists, just one or two paintings are shown,
more in other cases. This is the first time that we can think of where such a link has been shown to exist between Chinese ceramics and
painting and will prove of great interest to scholars examining the links between different media in Chinese art. Whilst some of the ceramics have been illustrated in previous publications, new material is also shown. The paintings have, to our knowledge, never been
published. In Chinese.
373 Gettens, Rutherford J. et al: TWO EARLY CHINESE BRONZE WEAPONS WITH METEORITIC IRON
BLADES. Freer Gallery Occasional Papers 4:1. Washington, 1971. 77 pp. 30 text-figures, 6 tables. Bibliography.
25x18 cm. Paper.
£20.00
A discussion of two unique metal weapons from ancient China, a ‘qi’ (broad axe) and ‘ge’ (dagger axe), owned by the Freer.
374 Gexiqujizhaba: GEXIQUZHA ZANGWEN CIDIAN. (Gexiquzha’s Tibetan Dictionary). Beijing, 1957. 971 pp.
27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A Tibetan-Chinese dictionary produced by the Minzu Chubanshe (Nationalities Publishing House). Chiefly in Tibetan with Chinese definitions.
375 Giles, Herbert A. ed: GEMS OF CHINESE LITERATURE. New York, 1965. xviii, 430 pp. 22x13 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Reprint of the second edition, revised and greatly enlarged, of 1923. An anthology of Chinese literature from 550 B.C. to the end of
the Qing, arranged by dynasty. Exemplary prose & verse from each period. A short biographical note introduces each author. Paperback.
376 Giles, Herbert A. trans: STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO. Shanghai, 1926. xxiii, 488 pp.
Appendixes. 20x14 cm. Decorative cloth.
£100.00
Giles’ translation of ‘Liao Zhai Zhi Yi’, by Pu Songling, including stories of magic, mystery & romance, in a very good copy of the
fourth, revised edition published by Kelly & Walsh in Shanghai.
377 Su Ping ed: GONG XIAN JINGPIN JI. (Masterworks of Gong Xian). 龔賢精品集. Beijing, 1997. c. 400 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 3 foldout plates. 38x27 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
40 masterworks by the late Ming/early Qing artist Gong Xian are here shown in their entirety and with much focus on detail. Superb
quality plates enhance the usefulness and appreciation of these masterpieces. Text in Chinese only.
378 Gotoh Art Museum: ELECTRIC COLORS: CERAMIC CREATIONS BY HIRAGA GENNAI. Gotoh, 2003.
192 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£50.00
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition that seeks to clarify the many questions surrounding ceramic wares by Hiraga Gennai, known
as Gennai yaki. Illustrated throughout in colour showing many fine examples of these coloured wares from various periods. Text in
Japanese.
379 Gotuaco, Larry, Rita Tan & Allison Diem: CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE WARES
FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES. Manila, 1997. xii, 259 pp. 122 colour plates, 11 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm.
Boards.
£80.00
An attempt to present the variety and quality of Chinese and Vietnamese blue-and-white wares traded to the Philippines. The Chinese
wares are late Yuan and Ming period, whereas the Vietnamese are dating from the late 14th to 16th centuries. Hard to obtain.
380 Goullart, Peter: THE MONASTERY OF JADE MOUNTAIN. London, 1961. 189 pp. 16 plates. 22x14 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£30.00
A picture of life in Buddhist and Daoist monasteries. The author lived in China for thirty years.
381 Granet, Marcel: DANSES ET LEGENDES DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE. (Dances and Legends of Ancient
China). Annales du Musée Guimet. Paris, n.d. 710 pp. French text. Index. 2 vols. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£20.00
An undated recent reprint of the 1926 original! In French.
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382 Gray, Basil: STUDIES IN CHINESE AND ISLAMIC ART: VOLUME I. London, 1985. 286 pp. 191
illustrations. Notes, index. 24x17 cm. Cloth.
£130.00
Collected papers by one of the leading English authorities on Chinese art. This first volume deals with Chinese painting, lacquer and
metalwork, and studies on Korean metalwork and inlaid lacquer.
Contents: Chinese Art; Chinese Art as an Expression of Chinese Ideals of Life; The Development of Taste in Chinese Art in the West;
Treasures of Chinese Art: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the People’s Republic of China; Sloane and the Kaempfer Collection;
Lord Burlington and Father Ripa’s Engravings; The Arts of the Ming Dynasty: Painting, Calligraphy and Printing; A Great Taoist
Painting; A Medieval Japanese Painting of the Twelfth Century; Chinese Colour Prints from the Ten Bamboo Studio (review); Castiglione, a Jesuit Priest at the Court of the Chinese Emperors (review); The British Museum ‘Admonitions Scroll’ Attributed to Ku K’aichih; Admonitions of the Instructress of the Ladies in the Palace: a Painting attributed to Ku K’ai-chih: The Eumorfopoulos Lacquer
Toilet-box; China or D’ong-son; A Bronze Lien from Shih-chia-shan; The Inlaid Metalwork of Korea; Korean Inlaid Lacquer of the
Thirteenth Century; Museums of China; Some New Museums of Japan.
383 Gray, Basil intro: THE ARTS OF THE SUNG DYNASTY. London, 1960. 67 pp. plus 104 pp. plates illustrating
296 items. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
The complete catalogue of the exhibition held by the Oriental Ceramic Society at the Arts Council Gallery. Printed in 500 copies only.
Knocked on one corner.
384 Green, Alexandra: FABULOUS ANIMALS IN CHINESE ART. Bath, 1995. 26 pp. B/w illustration throughout.
21x14 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath showing both real and mythical animals in Chinese art. The animals are depicted on objects in a variety of media and their symbolism and importance discussed.
385 Gregory, J. W: TO THE ALPS OF CHINESE TIBET. An Account of a Journey of Exploration. London, 1923.
321 pp. 26 illustrations on 16 plates. 7 maps and diagrams, 1 folding. 22x14 cm. Half-leather, later rebinding.
£240.00
An account of a journey of exploration up to and among the snow-clad mountains of the Tibetan frontier, being largely Yunnan and
Western China. First edition, cancelled library stamp on back of title page, one plate bound in wrong place, otherwise a good copy in
sturdy binding.
386 Groot, J. J. M. de: THE RELIGION OF THE CHINESE. Hartford-Lamson Lectures Religions World. New York,
1910. vii, 230 pp. Index. 19x13 cm. Cloth.
£48.00
A basic introduction to the subject, noting the religious aspects and contributions of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. Hucker
1088. Covers slightly bumped.
387 Grousset, René: INDIA. New York, 1931. 404 pp. text. Numerous b/w plates. 23x17 cm. Cloth.
£15.00
An introduction to the art of India, divided into sections: Buddhist and Brahman India, Indian influence on other cultures and Muslim India. Good black and white plates.
388 Guangzhou Museum: GUYUAN SHEXIANG: JU CHAO JU LIAN HUIHUA. Strolling in the Fragrant Garden:
Paintings of Ju Chao and Ju Lian. 故園拾香 ： 居巢居廉繪畫. Guangzhou, 2008. 309 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 27x38 cm. Boards.
£115.00
Catalogue of a very large exhibition held in 2008 at the Guangzhou Provincial Museum and then the Hong Kong Museum of Art showing the works of the Qing dynasty painters Ju Chao and Ju Lian. A total of 249 paintings by the two artists were shown, here all illustrated in colour and fully described. The paintings came from museum collections in Guangdong province and Hong Kong.
Introductory essays accompany. Dual Chinese and English texts. An excellent addition to the limited material on these two artists.
389 Guest, Grace Dunham: SHIRAZ PAINTING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Freer Gallery of Art Oriental
Studies No. 4. Washington, 1949. 70 pp. text plus 50 pp. b/w plates. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A study of 16th century Shiraz painting based on the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art.
390 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG CI XUANJI. (Selection of Porcelains from the Palace
Museum Collection). Beijing, 1962. 20 pp. Chinese text, 8 pp. English abstract (in separate booklet). 100 colour
plates. 38x31 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
One hundred pieces of porcelain from the Palace Museum collection in Beijing. Reproduced are masterpieces from each period of ceramic art. A fine large-format production.
391 Gugong Museum: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG LIDAI FASHU XUANJI DI ER JI. (Selection of
Calligraphy from the Palace Museum: Volume 2). 故宮博物院藏歷代法書選集第二集. Beijing, 1993. Each
volume c. 20 sheets. Illustrations throughout. 20 vols. 43x32 cm. Stitched. Cloth case with damage to one toggle.
£225.00
Contains 20 volumes with reproductions of famous examples of calligraphy and albums containing calligraphy dating from the Jin dynasty to the Ming, all in the collection of the Gugong Museum in Beijing. Part Two of three. The original was published in 1977. This
is a reissue from the 1990s. All text in Chinese. Out-of-print.
392 Gugong Museum: GUGONG QINGTONGQI. Bronzes in the Palace Museum. 故宮青銅器. Beijing, 1999. 349
pp. 348 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Well-illustrated catalogue produced to accompany an important exhibition at the Palace Museum in Beijing, the first in a series intended to display the Museums unparalleled collections in all media. This catalogue illustrates and documents representative pieces
from the largest collection in the world of such bronzes, over 15,000 in total. Preface and brief texts before each main section of the
catalogue in English, otherwise Chinese.
393 Gugong Museum: KELIMULIN GONG ZHENPIN JI. Golden Russia: Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin.
克里姆林宮珍品集. Beijing, 2006. 495 pp. Fullpage colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers.
£95.00
Large and fine catalogue of an exhibition at the Gugong Museum in Beijing showing 200 objects from the Collection of the Moscow
Kremlin. A major showing of Russian imperial art in China which includes objects in many media from armour and porcelain to religious artefacts, medals, textiles and jewel-encrusted works of art. Many objects previously unpublished. Full page colour plates
throughout and a dual text in Chinese and English.
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394 Gugong Museum ed: GUGONG BOWUYUAN 50 NIAN RUCANG WENWU JINGPIN JI. Selected Gems of
Cultural Relics — newly collected in the Palace Museum in the last fifty years. 故宮博物院50年入藏文物精品集.
£55.00
Beijing, 1999. 363 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
Part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Peoples Republic, this exhibition shows 400 objects in a variety of media
that have entered the collection of the Gugong Museum over the past 50 years through excavation, donation or purchase. Bronzes, ceramics, paintings, jade metalwares etc. In Chinese only.
395 Gugong Museum ed: HANMO HUAGUANG: GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG XIANDAI MINGJIA
HUIHUA. Splendors of Brush and Ink: Paintings by Early Twentieth-Century Masters in the Palace Museum
Collection. 翰墨華光 ： 故宮博物院藏現代名家繪畫. Beijing, 2009. 362 pp. Colour plates throughout. 28x22 cm.
Wrappers.
£65.00
An in-depth study of early 20th century Chinese painting (going through to the 1940s/1950s), based on an exhibition in 2006 at the
Gugong Museum in Beijing showing masterpieces from the museum’s extensive holdings in the Gugong Museum. A total of 190 paintings were shown, divided into sections on the Shanghai School, the Beijing School, the Lingnan School and works by various other
masters. Studies many of the most famous artists, such as Zhang Daqian and Wu Changshuo, together with some lesser-known figures.
An important contribution. In Chinese.
396 Gulik, Robert H. van: THE CHINESE GOLD MURDERS. A Chinese Detective Story. Judge Dee Mysteries.
London, 1959. 222 pp. 10 b/w plates, sketch map, illustrated endpapers. 28x11 cm. Paper.
£95.00
A Chinese detective story taking the reader back to the beginning of Judge Dee’s career. Three complicated crimes are dealt with. Ten
full page black-and-white drawings by the author and a double page endpaper sketch map of the town of Peng-lai. This is the first English and first UK edition with dustjacket in fine condition and in protective covers. Extremely scarce with the dustjacket in such good
condition.
397 Gulik, Robert H. van: THE EMPEROR’S PEARL. A Chinese Detective Story. Judge Dee Mysteries. London,
1963. 185 pp. 8 fullpage b/w illustrations, plan. Illustrated endpapers. showing a dragon race. 18x11 cm. Cloth,
dustjacket.
£95.00
A Judge Dee story. The Sherlock Holmes of the Tang dynasty solves the riddle of the Emperor’s stolen pearl in a case of the most intricate workmanship. With eight full page black-and-white illustrations by the author showing scenes from the novel and a double page
endpaper illustration of a dragon race. A fine copy of the UK first edition of this work with dustjacket in fine condition and in protective covers. Extremely scarce with the dustjacket in such good condition.
398 Gulik, Robert H. van: JUDGE DEE AT WORK. Eight Chinese Detective Stories. New Judge Dee Mysteries.
London, 1967. 178 pp. 8 illustrations. Chronology. 21x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£95.00
A collection of eight Judge Dee short stories with a chronology of his life and work linking the stories and novels in the series. With
eight black-and-white illustrations (seven full page) by the author. First UK edition with dustjacket in protective covers. Extremely
scarce with the dustjacket.
399 Guo Yuwu ed: SHIJING SHENGHUO: PINWEI LAO BEIJINGREN SHENG BAITAI. (Moments in Peking:
Tasting the Life of the People of Old Beijing). 市井生活 ： 品味老北京人生百態 。 郭豫斌 編著. Beijing, 2008.
3, 314 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 24x19 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
Illustrated in small black-and-white photographs with a wide-ranging variety of scenes of life in Beijing in the early part of the 20th
century — from street sellers and Peking opera through to numerous shots of individuals and pastimes. In Chinese.
400 Hackin, M. J. et al: MYTHOLOGIE ASIATIQUE. Illustrée. Paris, 1928. X, 432 pp. 15 pp. fullpage 4-colour
plates, 354 b/w illustrations. 29x22 cm. Half vellum, marbled boards.
£70.00
Nice copy of the first edition of a major reference on the mythology of Asia, organised by region and centred around the Musée Guimet
collections and employing the expertise of many of the scholars and art historians associated with the museum. In French.
401 Haig, John H. ed: THE NEW NELSON JAPANESE-ENGLISH CHARACTER DICTIONARY. Tokyo, 1996.
1760 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Completely revised edition, contains more than 6,500 main entry characters as well as a new universal radical index with over 32,000
entries.
402 HAN CHANG’AN CHENG WEIYANGGONG: 1980-1989 NIAN KAOGU FAJUE BAOGAO. The WeiyangGong Palace Site in Han Chang’an City: Excavations in 1980-1989. 漢長安城未央宮 ： 1980-1989
年考古發掘報告. Zhongguo Tianye Kaogu Baogao Ji; Kaoguxue Zhuankan, IV:50. Beijing, 1996. xvi, 327 pp.; 4
pp. colour and 304 pp. b/w plates. Numerous text drawings. 3 foldouts. 2 vols. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Weiyang palace was the imperial centre of the western Han dynasty in Changan, present-day Xi’an. This important archaeological report covers the extensive and systematic survey of the site that took place throughout the 1980s. Volume 2 consists entirely of (over
300) clear photographic plates (predominantly black-and-white) that document the numerous finds at the site and show roof eaves, inscriptions, coins, pieces of bronze and numerous pictures of various aspects of the site itself. Two-page English abstract, otherwise Chinese text only. Produced by the Institute of Archaeology, CASS.
403 Han Tianheng: TIANHENG YINHUA. (Han Tianheng on the Connoisseurship of Seals). 天衡印話 。 韓天衡
著作. Shanghai, 2000. x, 269 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Index. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£30.00
Detailed study of all aspects of seals and seal carving treated systematically by an active practitioner and scholar (with many other
publications to his name). Includes a well-illustrated chapter on stones and the sculptural carving of the seal stone, a section with artists’
biographies and — unusually for a Chinese publication — an index. In Chinese.
404 Handan Museum ed: DANGDAI CIZHOU YAO YISHU JINGCUI: LIU LIZHONG TAOCI ZUOPIN XUAN.
(Masterpieces of Contemporary Cizhou Ceramics: A Selection of Works by Liu Lizhong). 當代磁州窯藝術精粹
： 劉立忠陶瓷作品選. Beijing, 2009. 193 pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x21 cm. Boards.
£60.00
Illustrates a large selection of contemporary Cizhou wares by the ceramic artist, Liu Lizhong, curator of the Cizhou Kiln Site Museum.
Shows both studio pottery and many pieces emulating traditional sgraffito and painted Cizhou wares. Brief introduction and brief
captions in English. Main text in Chinese.
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405 Handler, Sarah: MING FURNITURE IN THE LIGHT OF CHINESE ARCHITECTURE. Berkeley, 2005. 234
pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Chronology, bibliography, index. 26x26 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Details the special relationship between the forms and function of Ming furnishings and the buildings for which they were designed.
A groundbreaking work illustrated throughout in colour. Second-hand copy, corners slightly bumped.
406 Harada Kinjiro: THE PAGEANT OF CHINESE PAINTING. Shina Meiga Hokan. Tokyo, 1936. 30, 1000, 9, 8,
£750.00
2 pp. 1000 b/w plates. Index. 31x24 cm. Full leather.
One of the most comprehensive handbooks on Chinese painting, primarily a visual reference. Contains fullpage black-and-white illustrations of 1000 paintings, mostly of Japanese ownership, produced by 414 Chinese artists from the Tang through to the Qing periods. Contains an excellent amount of early material up to, and including, the Yuan dynasty. Two page introduction, 8 page index and
very brief plate captions (giving artist’s name and dynasty) in English. Chinese (kanji) captions to plates. Main text in Japanese. An
important and early reference. Very rare.
407 Hardy, Sheila Yorke: KU YUEH HSUAN — A NEW HYPOTHESIS. Vol. II, No. 3. London, 1949. pp. 116-125.
B/w illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£20.00
An article from Oriental Art Winter 1949-50 on Guyuexuan, a sought-after Chinese porcelain from the late Qing dynasty.
408 He Linyi: ZHANGUO GUWEN ZIDIAN: ZHANGUO WENZI SHENGXI. (Dictionary of Warring States
Written Characters: The Phonetic System of Warring States Period Characters). 戰國古文字典 ： 戰國文字聲系
。 何琳儀 著. Beijing, 1998. 5, 2, 1, 11, 1-834; 835-1607 pp. Indexes. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Fully cross-referenced dictionary of Warring States period script forms with a systematic treatment of the sound values for the characters also given. A valuable reference work. In Chinese. Out-of-print.
409 Hearn, Maxwell et al: LANDSCAPES CLEAR AND RADIANT. The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717). New York,
2008. 235 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 31x23 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, this is the first comprehensive study of the painter in
English accompanied by much illustration of his work.
410 Hedin, Sven Anders: SOUTHERN TIBET. Discoveries in Former Times Compared with My Own Researches in
1906-1908. New Delhi, 1991. 9 vols. Text in 4to and 3 folio volumes — 2 volumes of maps and 1 volume
panoramas. 12 vols. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£750.00
Reprint of Hedin’s monumental work on his explorations and researches in South Tibet during the years 1906-08. Apart from the accounts of Hedin’s travels and explorations, the volumes comprehensively cover other discoveries, research and explorations over the
ages in the area by Chinese and Europeans. A mammoth undertaking. Altogether 462 plates and 333 maps (many folding or doublepage). Whilst the reprint obviously lacks the quality of the original work, the plates, maps and text are adequate and represent an opportunity to own this huge and important work at a fraction of the price of the original. Altogether 462 plates and 333 maps (many
folding or double-page). See Yakushi Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature H105 for details of contents. Marshall 2096.
411 Hedley, Geoffrey: YI-HSING WARE. Offprint from TOCS. London, 1937. Pp. 70-86. 41 b/w plates. 29x22 cm.
Paper.
£20.00
A useful contribution illustrated with pieces by famous Yixing potters from the Ming onwards.
412 Hejzlar, Josef: CHINESE WATERCOLOURS. London, 1978. 70 pp. text. 115 colour plates, 22 illustrations.
Selective bibliography, index. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A study of the Shanghai School of painting and its links with the ‘xieyi’ and ‘huaniao’ (bird-and-flower) modes of painting.
413 Hentze, C: LES FIGURINES DE LA CERAMIQUE FUNERAIRE. Materiaux pour l’Etude des Croyances et
du Folklore de la Chine Ancienne. Dresden, n.d. vii, 104, 114 pp. 114 plates. Bibliography, index. 33x25 cm.
Cloth.
£190.00
Contains very many illustrations of Chinese ceramic funerary objects, accompanied by a text discussing the origins of the funerary
figure and its human, animal and other forms. In French.
414 Herbig-Haarhaus Lackmuseum: EX ORIENTE LUX. European and Oriental Lacquer. Köln, 1977. 265 pp. 170
plates and illustrations, many in colour. 21x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A catalogue of Chinese, Japanese and European lacquers in the collection of the BASF Lacquer Museum, Cologne. Describes 150 Chinese and Japanese lacquers. In English.
415 Hillier, Jack Ronald: JAPANESE DRAWINGS. From the 17th Through the 19th Century. Drawings of the Masters.
New York, 1965. 139 pp. 90 plates, mostly colour. 6 b/w figures. Bios. Bibliography. 23x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A collection of sketches, or shita-e, by various Japanese artists.
416 Hitt, Henry C: OLD CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES. Notes, with a Catalogue of a Modest Collection. Snuff Bottle
Collector Reprints 7. Sellindge, 1977. v, 111 pp. Drawings. Bibliography & index. 22x15 cm. Boards.
£20.00
Facsimile copy of the supplemented second edition of 1945.
417 Ho Ping-ti: STUDIES ON THE POPULATION OF CHINA, 1368-1953. Cambridge, 1967. xviii, 341 pp.
bibliography, glossary. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
An enlightening and fascinating study of an issue key to China’s well being, covering a period during which China’s population exploded. Taiwan reprint.
418 Ho Wing Meng: STRAITS CHINESE FURNITURE. Singapore, 1994. 188 pp. 100 colour plates and illustrations.
Glossary, bibliography, index. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Dr. Ho traces the origins and characteristics of Straits Chinese furniture and gives us pointers on how to date old furniture from their
ornamentation and patina.
419 Ho, W. et al: EIGHT DYNASTIES OF CHINESE PAINTING. The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins
Museum and Cleveland Museum. Cleveland, 1980. lvi, 408 pp. 286 illustrations, 8 colour plates. Bibliography,
artist list, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
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Essays followed by an extensive catalogue of over 280 items with detailed descriptions. The paintings in these two museums rank
among the most important in the West. Essays also by S. Lee, L. Sickman & M. Wilson.
420 Hobson, R. L. & Hetherington, A. L: THE ART OF THE CHINESE POTTER. From the Han Dynasty to the End
of the Ming. New York, 1923. xx, 20 pp. 152 plates, 52 in colour. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£150.00
A thick volume of 152 black and white and colour plates of notable ceramic productions in historical sequence, with brief comments
on each. Numbered edition of 1500 copies. Hucker 1438.
421 Hong Juntao, Yang Tan and Zhang Yan: ZHUAN ZHEN ZIDIAN. (Seal Script-Regular Script Dictionary).
篆真字典 。 洪鈞陶 等 編. Beijing, 1996. 66, 16, 12, 603 pp. Indexes, (including from regular to early script
£40.00
forms). 27x20 cm. Cloth.
At last! A dictionary which allows you to look up Oracle Bone, Greater & Lesser Seal and other decorative script forms, indexed according to the graphic form of the character and find the Regular equivalent — and all the early forms quoted are referenced to inscriptions! Essential. Now out-of-print.
422 Horton, H. Mack: THE JOURNAL OF SOCHO. Stanford, 2002. xv, 367 pp. Map, bibliography, indexes. 23x15
cm. Paper.
£15.00
This fully-annotated translation of a famous medieval Japanese work provides one of the most vivid self-portraits from the literary history of the time, by one of Japan’s best-known poets, during the violent transition to the early modern age. Includes 600 of Socho’s short
poems. Paperback edition.
423 Hotel Drouot: APPARTENANT A DIVERS AMATEURS: CERAMIQUE DE LA CHINE. Des Dynasties Tang,
Song, Yuen, Ming.... Paris, 1934. 28 pp. plus 9 b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Illustrations show Qing dynasty ceramics, Cambodian sculpture and other objects. In French.
424 Hotel Drouot: CATALOGUE OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE. Appartenant a Monsieur Le General
C..’Ceramique des Epoques Ming, Kanghi, Yungching et Kienlong ... Paris, 1928. 18 pp. text plus 8 pp. b/w plates.
33x22 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Interesting Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of mostly Chinese objects from the Qing dynasty, somewhat elusively described as belonging
to a ‘Monsieur Le General C...’ The plates show cloisonné, jades, a very fine Qianlong screen, Ming and Qing ceramics. Some of the
objects are undoubtedly imperial and likely to have come from the Forbidden City. In French.
425 Hotel Drouot: [COLLECTION A. HALOT] OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Ceramique de la Chine
et du Japon, Bois Sculptes..... Paris, 1927. 27 pp. plus 4 b/w plates. 31x22 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue of Japanese art from the Halot collection. The plates show Japanese art in various media. In French.
426 Hotel Drouot: [COLLECTION DU DOCTEUR MENE] CATALOGUE DES LAQUES DU JAPON, BOITES
ECRITOIRES INROS BOITES DIVERSES...... Paris, 1913. 128 pp. text plus 12 pp. b/w plates. 28x23 cm.
Paper.
£35.00
An early Hotel Drouot auction catalogue comprising the second sale of the fine oriental art collection of Dr. Edouard Mene. The plates
show a good number of fine tsuba, plus other Chinese and Japanese art objects, including ceramics and bronzes. In French.
427 Hotel Drouot: COLLECTION RAYMOND HUET: OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Provenant
Principalement des Collections Burty, Calame, Goncourt, Hayashi ... Paris, 1928. 48 pp. text plus 8 pp. b/w plates.
32x22 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese and Japanese art from the Raymond Huet collection which contained many pieces from earlier famous French collections. The plates show Japanese art in a variety of media. In French.
428 Hotel Drouot: IMPORTANTE REUNION D’OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME ORIENT. Céramiques de la
Chine, Importantes Sculptures. Paris, 1932. 29, (12) pp. 12 plates. 28x23 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 274 lots. Illustrations feature ceramics, jade, crystal, sculpture, bronze and furniture. The black-andwhite plates show objects in a variety of media. In French.
429 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART D’EXTREME-ORIENT: CERAMIQUE DE LA CHINE. Des Dynasties Tang,
Song, Yuen, Ming..... Paris, 1933. 16 pp. plus 3 b/w plates. 27x18 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Pates show Japanese lacquer and inro and three jade pieces. In French.
430 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART D’ORIENT & D’EXTREME-ORIENT. Appartenant a Monsieur Gaillard,
Artiste decorateur. Ceramique de la Chine, Du Japon ... Paris, 1923. 59 pp. 3 b/w plates. 27x18 cm. Paper. £10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue primarily of the private collection of oriental art of one Monsieur Gaillard. The plates illustrate Qing cloisonné, various Asian ceramics and inro. In French.
431 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CERAMIQUE DES DYNASTIES OU EPOQUES MING
KANGHI,YUNGCHING KIENLONG ETC. Bronzes et emaux cloisonnés ... Paris, 1926. 38 pp. plus 4 b/w
plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 470 lots of mostly Chinese art. The plates show ceramics, gilt bronzes and other objects. In French.
432 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE APPARTENANT A DIVERS AMATEURS. Ceramiques de la
Chine, Importante Suite de Pierres Dures. Paris, 1930. 24 pp. 7 plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue. The plates show export ceramics, jades and sculpture. In French.
433 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE. Ceramiques de la Chine, Poterie de Fouille, Pierres Dures. Paris,
1930. 40 pp. 6 plates. 33x26 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot auction catalogue. The plates show Chinese ceramics from various periods, sculpture etc. In French.
434 Hotel Drouot: OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CERAMIQUE HAN WEI TANG SONG YUEN MING ET
TSING. Importantes sculptures ... Paris, 1935. 19 pp. iv b/w plates. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of Chinese art, mostly Chinese ceramics from the Han through to the Qing. The plates show a selection
of ceramics plus one plate shows 5 examples of Cambodian Buddha heads. In French.
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435 Howard, David Sanctuary: A TALE OF THREE CITIES: CANTON, SHANGHAI & HONG KONG. Three
Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts. London, 1997. 272 pp. Colour illustrations throughout.
£50.00
28x22 cm. Cloth.
Catalogue of a Sotheby’s exhibition that traces and celebrates the historic trade in the decorative arts between Britain and China/Hong
Kong. A unique book of reference and a record of a stunning collection of objects, some never publicly exhibited before.
436 Hsiao Ch’i-ch’ing: THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YUAN DYNASTY. Harvard East Asian
Monographs 77. Cambridge, 1978. viii, 314 pp. Map 28x22 cm. Cloth. Split to cover of spine.
£75.00
Important study. Part One is a description of the military system, the Imperial Guard and the garrison system. Part Two presents annotated translations of two chapters of the Ping-chih or ‘Treatise on the Military’ of the Yuan Histories.
437 Hu Shangde ed: JINGYITANG CANG CI. (Porcelain from the Jingyitang Collection). Nanchang, 2001. xi, 274;
£280.00
xiv, 344 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
A large finely-produced work with excellent colour plates on 20th century porcelain from the privately-held Jingyitang collection.
Volume One covers ceramics in general — vases, brushpots, teapots etc. and shows 358 pieces. It is divided into sections on Xuantong Imperial Wares (19), Hongxian porcelains (31), Republican wares (119), copies of earlier ceramics, particularly Qing wares (99)
and post 1949 works (90).
Volume Two focuses on the painted ceramic plaques that were a feature of 20th century Jingdezhen artistic output. 430 items are shown.
With sections on Qianjiang artists (30), works by the Eight Friends of Zhushan (122), works by other Republican ceramic artists (182)
and post 1949 works (96).
All base marks, inscriptions and signatures are shown. The entire 20th century is covered but the focus is on the first 50 years or so.
The work of many artists is shown for the first time — as are the vast majority of pieces. An extremely useful addition to the still limited body of literature on the subject. Text in Chinese.
438 Hucker, Charles O: A DICTIONARY OF OFFICIAL TITLES IN IMPERIAL CHINA. Stanford, 1985. viii, 676
pp. English entries with Chinese character indexes. Pinyin conversion table. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Arranged alphabetically by Wade-Giles romanizations, the dictionary translates & defines more than 8000 personal titles and institutional names. Has now become the ‘standard reference’ for translating governmental titles. The useful introduction describes in detail, with accompanying charts, the official ranking and governmental system, dynasty by dynasty. Zurndorfer 239.
439 Hucker, Charles O., ed: CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN MING TIMES. Seven Studies. Studies in Oriental
Culture No. 2. Taipei, 1975. xi, 285 pp. Notes, glossary, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A book which grew out of a research conference on Ming history held in 1965 containing papers on aspects of Ming government which
had been somewhat neglected, including local government, the military and taxation. Taiwan reprint.
440 Hugo Helbing: FOUR EARLY GERMAN AUCTION CATALOGUES. (The East Asian Collections of Exz.
Batalha de Freita, van Leeuwen, R. de Geblaine, Joe Hloucha). Frankfurt, n.d.(1928). Various paginations. A total
of 67 pp. b/w plates showing numerous objects. 30x23 cm. Later cloth.
£75.00
A collection of four early and scarce German auction catalogues from 1928 (two) and 1930 (two). Includes Chinese art from both early
periods and much from the Qing. In addition, examples of western furniture and oceanic art. Black-and-white plates illustrate numerous
objects, particularly ceramics. Bound together in one volume. In German.
441 Hugo Helbing: OSTASIATISCHE SAMMLUNG AUS DEM NACHLASS HOFRAT DR. ERNST
MARQUARDSEN...... (The East Asian Collections of Dr. Ernest Marquardsen, Dr. Otto Burchard and Excellenz
von Etzel). Frankfurt, n.d.(1928). Various paginations. A total of 52 pp. b/w plates showing numerous objects.
30x23 cm. Later cloth.
£75.00
A collection of three early and scarce German auction catalogues from 1928 and 1929. Includes Chinese art from the Marquardsen,
Dr. Otto Burchard and von Etzel plus others unspecified. The Marquardsen and Burchard auctions comprise mainly early Chinese tomb
ceramics and tomb figurines. The Burchard auction catalogue also including a good range of Song pieces. The von Etzel auction includes a wide range of Chinese art plus a number of lots of Japanese art. Black-and-white plates show numerous objects, particularly ceramics. Bound together in one volume. In German.
442 Huish, M. B. et al: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE ARMS AND ARMOUR OF OLD JAPAN.
Held by the Japan Society, London, in June 1905. London, 1905. 147 pp. 40 plates. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£450.00
Numbered edition of 250 copies. The plates illustrate armours, swords and daggers, tsuba, kozuka, war-fans, matchlocks, etc. Rare
copy of this early catalogue.
443 Huitfeldt, Johanne: THE MUNTHE COLLECTION IN THE WEST NORWAY MUSEUM OF APPLIED
ART. Oslo, 1996. 128 pp. 102 illustrations, 23 in colour. Bibliography. 22x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
A biographical account of Johan Munthe (1864-1935) and his Chinese collection, the largest in Norway. Munthe served in China from
1887 and was the first foreigner to obtain the rank of general, which no doubt afforded him opportunities to amass so many distinguished pieces.
444 Idemitsu Museum of Art: THE ORIGIN OF TEA CERAMICS — THE BIRTH OF CERAMICS IN JAPAN.
Chato no Genryu: Wa no Utsuwa Tanjo. Tokyo, 2005. vii, 119 pp. Colour plates throughout. B/w plates and text
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Examines the origin of Japanese ceramics focusing on ceramics used for tea drinking. Also includes a number of fine Chinese Song
and Yuan pieces that influenced Japanese ceramic development. Illustrated throughout. 129 exhibits are shown. Introductions, summaries and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
445 Imao Keinen: KEINEN KACHO GAFU. (Keinen’s Album of Flowers and Birds). 景年花鳥畫譜 。 今尾景年.
Hangzhou, 2009. A total of 134 full page colour woodblock illustration. 36x25 cm. Paper.
£70.00
Full-size facsimile of Imao Keinen’s most famous work, a four volume depiction of birds and flowers throughout the seasons, and one
of the finest books produced in the late 19th century in Japan. One volume each for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Published in
parts in the years 1891 and 1892. Keinen did the original drawings for the work and the woodblocks were then cut by Tanaka Jihei.
A total of 134 full page colour woodblock illustrations, demonstrating considerable artistic accomplishment. Shows considerable variety of Japanese birds, flowers, plants and trees.
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446 Indianapolis Museum of Art: VIEWS FROM JADE TERRACE. Chinese Women Artists 1300-1912. Indiana,
1988. 231 pp. 80 colour plates, 12 text figures. Bibliography, appendixes. 30x23 cm. Cloth.
£55.00
The first exhibition ever devoted to the painting of Chinese women artists.
447 Ireland, Philip W: THE LARGE DRAGONS 1878-1885. London, 1978. xii, 130 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations.
£25.00
25x19 cm. Cloth.
A detailed discussion with numerous illustrations of these early and highly collectable stamps.
448 Ishikawa Prefecture Kutaniyaki Art Museum ed: AN EXHIBITION OF THE MIRACULOUS SKILL OF FINE
LINE-PAINTED RED WARE. In Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Iidaya Hachirouemon.
N.p., 2004. 93 pp. 105 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition that examines the role of the late Edo potter, Iidaya Hachirouemon, in the resumption of production on Kutani wares after Ko-kutani production ceased. Hachirouemon produced ornately-painted red Kutani wares, popularly known as ‘Hachirode’. 105 exhibits are all illustrated in colour. In Japanese.
449 Ito, Norihiro: ART IN JAPAN TODAY II : 1970-1983. Tokyo, 1984. 246 pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout.
25x25 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Lists alphabetically numerous contemporary Japanese artists active between 1950 and 1983. Each artist is given a page of biographical and career description plus illustrations of his or her work. A useful reference.
450 James, Kate trans: JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE WOODEN BOWL. Fairy Tale Series No. 16. Tokyo, 1934.
11 folded leaves (including the covers). Colour 19x13 cm. Stitched crepe covers, Japanese-style.
£185.00
We nowadays rarely see these delightful works and are pleased to here offer one of the scarcest of the Hasegawa Fairy Tale Series —
The Wooden Bowl. Printed on crepe-paper and full of colour illustrations, hand-printed from coloured woodcuts. A distinct period
piece in fine condition. In English.
451 Japan Travel Bureau: A GUIDE TO TOKYO. Tokyo, 1956. 166 pp. 24 pp. of b/w plates, many illustrations &
maps. Advertisements. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Revised version of a guide first published in 1954, providing a vivid, upbeat, ‘modern’ picture of the post-war capital of Japan.
452 Japanese Government Railways: POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN. With Special Reference to Japanese Customs,
History, Industry, Education, Art, Accomplishments, Amusements, etc., etc.. Tokyo, 1935. xv, 182 pp. 120
illustrations. 7 maps, 1 folding in colour. 19x12 cm. Cloth, with decorative paper (very slightly worn).
£65.00
Provides the overseas visitors to Japan with a brief description of her geography, history, industry, religion, education, art, etc., as
well as of the principal cities and resorts studded all over the Empire.
An excellent copy of this impressive early foreign-language guide to Japan, possibly rebound, but sensitively and preserving the decorative paper covers, as well as conserving the insides which are very good.
453 Jenyns, Soame & Watson, William: CHINESE ART. Gold, Silver, Later Bronzes, Cloisonné, Cantonese Enamel,
Lacquer, Furniture, Wood. Chinese Art — volume 2. Oxford, 1980. 277 pp. 68 colour plates, 143 b/w illustrations.
28x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Revised second edition. A good reference by two authorities on Chinese art.
454 Jenyns, Soame & Watson, William: CHINESE ART. Textiles, Glass and Painting on Glass, Carvings in Ivory and
Rhinoceros Horn, Carvings in Hardstones, Snuff Bottles, Inkcakes and Inkstones. Chinese Art — Volume 3. Oxford,
1981. 243 pp. 65 colour plates, 149 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Useful survey of the above media in Chinese art. By two well-known scholars. The majority of the illustrated pieces are selected from
museum and private collections in the UK. Revised edition.
455 Jenyns, Soame R: MING POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain. London,
1953. 171 pp. 124 plates (4 in colour) with illustrations. Bibliography and index. 26x16 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
A comprehensive, authoritative history of ceramic arts in Ming China. Dedication: ‘Harry [Garner] from Soame, Nov. 20th 1953’. A
great association copy. Hucker 1433.
456 Ji Chongjian: ZHONGGUO FOXIANG JIANDING. (A Discourse on the Discrimination of the Sculptures of
Chinese Buddha). 季崇建談中國佛像鑒定 。 季崇建 著. Treasure 01. Taibei, 2002. 250 pp. Colour plates
throughout. 29x17 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Well-illustrated study on the authentication of Buddhist sculpture. In Chinese.
457 Jiangxi Province Centre for Ceramic Res: JINGDEZHEN TAOCI SHIGAO. (History of Jingdezhen Ceramics).
Beijing, 1959. v, 434 pp. 130 b/w plates with numerous illustrations. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Amply illustrated history of Jingdezhen and its production through the ages up to its restart in 1951. Compiled by the Centre for Ceramic Research of the Light Industrial Bureau of Jiangxi Province. RBS 5:401. An important contribution. In Chinese.
458 Jin Tongda: ZHONGGUO DANGDAI SHUFA JIA CIDIAN. (Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese
Calligraphers). 中國當代書法家辭典 。 金通達 主編. Hangzhou, 1993. (14), 766 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w,
including portraits of calligraphers. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A well-illustrated dictionary of contemporary Chinese calligraphers, chiefly from the mainland, but including some Hong Kong artists.
A guide to current practitioners of the ‘highest’ form of visual art in China. In Chinese.
459 Jin Zhilin: YAN’AN SHIKU YISHU. (The Art of the Cave Temples at Yan’an). Beijing, 1982. 50 pp. Numerous
b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Small monograph on the little-known caves and sculptures of Yan’an, dating mainly to the Northern Song period. In Chinese.
460 JINDAI MIMI SHEHUI SHILIAO. (Historical Materials on Latter-day Secret Societies). Beijing, 1993. Each
volume c. 75 folded leaves. Many woodblock illustrations. 4 vols. 25x15 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£80.00
Reprint of a Republic work on secret societies by the Beiping Historical Research Society. Fascinating material with good woodblock
illustrations on the traditions, secret signs, banners, famous personages and how to recognise the various societies. In Chinese only.
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461 Jingdezhen Taociguan ed: JINGDEZHEN TAOCIGUAN MINGUO CIYI JINGPIN. (Masterpieces of Republic
Period Ceramic Art from the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum). 景德鎮陶瓷館民國瓷藝精品. Changchun, 2005. 235
£60.00
pp. 217 pp. colour plates. 29x21 cm. Wrappers.
218 examples of Republic period Chinese ceramics from the excellent collection of the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum are here illustrated in colour plates and described. An excellent visual survey of ceramics of the period and with the fine provenance of the collection of the museum in the town where the ceramics were made. Captions to plates in English. Main text in Chinese.
462 Jouon, Rene. S.J: GEOGRAPHIE DE LA CHINE. (The Geography of China). Shanghai, 1932. v, 80 pp. text
plus 44 pp. full page colour maps. B/w text illustrations, maps and sketch drawings. 31x24 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Published in Shanghai and authored by a Jesuit scholar, this is a nice period piece that has numerous maps of the provinces of China,
together with a brief description of each province and its major towns and cities. There is also a map of Greater Shanghai in the work
and a map of the city of Shanghai on the inside back cover. The work is enhanced by a good number of pleasing little text vignettes
and sketches, plus some black-and-white photographs. The maps were drawn up in the late ‘20s and early ‘30s. There is some foxing,
of various degrees, primarily confined to margins. In French. Scarce.
463 Kahn, Paul adaptation by: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS. The Origin of Chingis Khan. Asian
Culture Series. Boston, 1998. xxxiii, 201 pp. 4 b/w photographs. 2 maps. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£15.00
An adaptation of the Yuan Chao Bi Shi based primarily on the English translation by F. Woodman Cleaves. 1st expanded edition.
464 KANGXI PORCELAIN WARES FROM THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM COLLECTION. Shanghai Bowuguan
Cang Kangxi Ci Tulu. 上海博物館藏康熙瓷圖錄. Hong Kong, 1998. xlvii, 383 pp. 375 pp. colour plates 31x22
cm. Cloth.
£120.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shanghai Museum showing 250 Kangxi wares from the Museum’s superb collection. All marks illustrated and detail of many objects shown. Introductory texts in English and Chinese. Captions to plates in English with fuller descriptions in Chinese. An excellent reference on the subject.
465 Karetzky, Patricia Eichenbaum: ARTS OF THE TANG COURT. Images of Asia. Hong Kong, 1997. 112 pp. 24
colour and 32 b/w illustrations. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£15.00
Brings together in one volume the Tang period’s (AD 618-907) most important artistic accomplishments. A sketch of the era’s political and social history is followed by chapters illustrating the development of ceramics, the production of gold and silver, painting and
sculpture.
466 Karlsson, Kim et al. ed: ECCENTRIC VISIONS — THE WORLDS OF LUO PING. Zurich, 2009. 304 pp.
266 colour plates. 31x23 cm. Boards.
£50.00
Copiously-illustrated catalogue of an excellent exhibition held at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich (and later travelling to the Metropolitan Museum in New York) showing the work of the Qing dynasty painter, Luo Ping. The exhibition comprises major loans from Chinese museums, many paintings being shown for the first time. Exhibits also came from Japanese museums and other public and private
collections. Accompanying essays by leading scholars. A major addition to the literature on this painter. Recommended.
467 Kato Tokuro: GENSHOKU TOKI DAIJITEN. (Encyclopaedia of Ceramics in Colour). Kyoto, 1972. 1043 pp.
Hundreds of text illustrations in colour. 27x19 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£40.00
A single volume condensation of the Toki Daijiten with more than 9100 articles on technical terms, history and appreciation. Seals
added to biographical notes on potters. High-quality colour illustrations. In Japanese. Fukuda C153.
468 Kawai, Hayao: THE JAPANESE PSYCHE. Major Motifs in Fairy Tales of Japan. Woodstock, 1996. xi, 234 pp.
Selected bibliography. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Second edition, contains a new foreword by Gary Snyder.
469 Kawakami et al: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 4 — LIANG KAI AND YINTUOLE. Tokyo, 1978. 186 pp.
including 3 pp. English plate captions. 127 plates, 25 in colour. Many text-figs. 43x30 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 4 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings. This volume features two Chinese Buddhist painters.
470 Kawakita Michiaki: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 15 — KINDAI NO MOKU-E. Tokyo, 1978. 207 pp.
including 4 pp. English plate captions. 115 plates, 23 in colour. Many text-figs. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
The last volume in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings deals with the contemporary schools and artists.
471 KEISETSU KEN RONGA SOSHO — KAN 1-3. (Vols. 1-3 from the Hall of Study Collectanea on Painting
Theory). 螢雪軒論畫叢書 ： 卷 1-3. Osaka, 1922. Each vol. c. 100 pp. 21x14 cm. Stitched, cloth case. £30.00
Self-contained part of a collected set of Japanese editions of Chinese texts on the theory of painting. Contains: Xie He: ‘Guhua Pinlu’,
Yao Zui: ‘Houhua Pinlu’, Wang Wei: ‘Huaxue Mijue’, Jing Hao: ‘Bifa Ji’, ‘Shanshui Jieyao’, Li Cheng: ‘Shanshui Jue’, Guo Xi: ‘Linquan Gaozhi’, Guo Si: ‘Hualun’, ‘Jiyi’, Mi Fu: ‘Hua Shi’, Han Zhuo ‘Shanshui Chun Quanji’, Huang Gongwang ‘Xie Shanshui Jue’,
Huizong ‘Lunhua Zaping’, Li Zhengsou ‘Hua Shanshui Jue’, Zhongren ‘Hua Mei Pu’, Li Yan ‘Zhupu Xianglu’, Mo Shilong: ‘Hua Shuo’,
Shen Jing: ‘Hua Chen’, and Daoji: ‘Hua Yulu’. Annotated. In literary Chinese.
472 KEISETSU KEN RONGA SOSHO — KAN 4-6. (Vols. 4-6 from the Hall of Study Collectanea on Painting
Theory). 螢雪軒論畫叢書 ： 卷 4-6. Osaka, 1922. Each vol. c. 100 pp. 3 vols. 21x14 cm. Stitched.
£30.00
Self-contained part of a collected set of Japanese editions of Chinese texts on the theory of painting. Contains: ‘Lidai Minghua Ji’,
‘Lunhua Zazuan’, ‘Huajue’, ‘Yuchuan Manbi’, ‘Dongzhuang Lunhua’, & ‘Shanjingju Hualun’. Annotated. In literary Chinese.
473 Kellerman, Bernhard: SASSA YO YASSA. Japanische Tanze. Berlin, 1920. 135 pp. 26 illustrations, some tippedin, 4 in colour. 20x15 cm. Half-leather with decorative boards.
£30.00
A delightful little work on Japanese dance. Distinguished by delicate tipped-in colour and black-and-white sketches of Japanese
dancers and musicians along with black-and-white text drawings. In German.
474 Kerr, Rose: CHINESE CERAMICS. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911. V & A Museum Far Eastern
Series. London, 1986. 180 pp. 120 illustrations, 40 in colour. 26x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
A well illustrated introduction to the Museum’s extensive collection of Qing Dynasty wares, especially those of Jingdezhen.
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475 Khan, Shafaat Ahmad: SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY. London, 1975. viii, 395 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
‘Aims at supplying a critical analysis of essential data for the study of 17th century British India... bringing within one purview all the
materials lying scattered in various record offices in England together with references to those in record offices in India’. Includes not
just record offices but libraries, museums and colleges. Reprint of the 1926 original. Ex-library copy — label removed on frontpaper,
otherwise minimal stamps and internally clean. Useful and scarce.
476 Kitamura Enkin & Fujii Shigeyoshi(?): TSUKIYAMA NIWATSUKURI DEN. (An Account of the Creation of
Gardens in the Tsukiyama Style). N.p.(Osaka?), 1735. 35; 19; 27 folded leaves. B/w text illustrations to volume one.
18 double page b/w woodcut illustrations to volume two; 1 single page and 25 double page b/w woodcut
illustrations to volume three. 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Stitched. Wear to covers.
£1,250.00
An early illustrated work on the creation, aesthetics and planning of Japanese gardens in the style known as Tsukiyama. Regarded as
a classic on the subject. The first volume comprises text discussing the proper placing of rocks, lanterns, pagodas and bridges and the
relation of this garden ‘architecture’ to the garden itself. The text is accompanied black-and-white text illustration of rocks, lanterns
and pagodas. Volumes Two and Three contain a total of 43 double page (plus one single page) black-and-white woodcut illustrations
of landscapes and garden settings. Dated Kyoho 20 (1735) at the end of the preface of Volume One and also by reign and cyclical date
at the back of Volume Three. From comparison and examination of this copy with editions held in the British Library, we have ascertained that this is an early impression of the work and probably consistent with the date of 1735. In Japanese. The covers with wear
and creasing. Slight loss to labels. Stitching to Volume One loose. Varying amounts of worming throughout the three volumes which,
mostly, does not detract from text or illustration. Rare. Priced accordingly for condition.
477 Knox, George William: IMPERIAL JAPAN. The Country and its People. London, 1905. xi, 294 pp. 24 fullpage
plates of which 1 in colour. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Written after a residency of 10 years in Japan. The illustrations are primarily from black-and-white photographs. Ex-library stamp on
frontpaper, otherwise clean.
478 Kobayashi Taichiro: KAN TO KOZOKU TO MEIKI DOGU. (Ancient Tomb Figurines from the Han to the Tang
Dynasties). Kyoto, 1947. 20, 407 pp. 109 b/w plates on separate pages. 22x16 cm. Quarter cloth.
£45.00
Important scholarly study of Chinese tomb figurines. Rear cover loose. In Japanese.
479 Koechlin, R. & Migeon, G: ORIENTAL ART. Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets. London, n.d. c.220 pp. 100 colour
plates. 29x23 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A finely-produced volume c.1930 showing oriental ceramics, fabrics and carpets from various periods and from various public and
private collections, mainly in France. Much Islamic material.
480 Kong Shangren & Jian Bai Daoren: QING CAIHUI TAOHUA SHAN. Peach Blossom Fan with Coloured
Illustrations. 清彩繪桃花扇 。 孔尚任 著 堅白道人 繪. Beijing, 2009. 2, 186 pp. 44 full page colour illustrations.
A number of small colour text illustrations. 32x35 cm. Stitched.
£95.00
Fine facsimile reproduction of an album comprising an unique colour illustrated edition of the famous Chinese historical drama Taohua Shan ‘The Peach Blossom Fan’ by Kong Shangren. The album is held in Peking University Library. The paintings were probably
done during the Jiaqing reign at the beginning of the 19th century. Little is known about the artist who did them. The album had for
a period been in the hands of the Qing imperial family. List of contents, three page preface, prologue and descriptions of the 44 illustrated scenes, plus epilogue in English. Main text in Chinese.
481 Koop, Albert J. and Inada Hogitaro: JAPANESE NAMES AND HOW TO READ THEM. A Manual for Art
Collectors and Students. London, 1995. 576 pp. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
A reprint of the first edition (1923). Standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works of art.
482 Krahl, Regina & Ayers, John: CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, ISTANBUL. A
Complete Catalogue. London, 1986. 1140 pp. 200 colour plates, 4800 b/w illustrations. 3 vols. 37x26 cm. Cloth.
£1,300.00
The Topkapi Saray Museum collection is one of the largest and most important in the world, yet comparatively little has ever been published. This is the definitive three-volume publication that comprises a complete catalogue of the superb Chinese ceramics in this magnificent collection. A number of the ceramics have been fitted with Islamic gilt-metal mounts. Volume I: Yuan and Ming Dynasty
Celadon Wares, Volume II: Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, Volume III: Qing Dynasty Porcelains. Out-of-print and scarce.
483 Kurita Hideo: KURITA MUSEUM. Tokyo, n.d. 75 pp. Colour plates throughout (46 showing actual objects).
37x26 cm. Paper.
£35.00
An introduction and guide to the collections and their surroundings, illustrating fine examples of Imari and Nabeshima ceramics for
which the Museum is now famous. Inscribed by the collector. Brief texts and captions in English and Japanese.
484 Kyoto Teishitsu Hakubutsukan ed: GAEN TEKIEI. (A Selection of Fine Paintings). Kyoto, 1903. 2 pp. list of
contents and 86 full page b/w collotype plates. 38x27 cm. Japanese style binding. Edges rubbed.
£150.00
Illustrations of Chinese and Japanese paintings in the Imperial Museum in Kyoto. Each painting with descriptions on tissue guards.
Text in Japanese. A scarce early work.
485 Lai, T. C: CHINESE SEALS. Seattle, 1976. xx, 200 pp. Glossary. 52 illustrations, many chops reproduced. 22x15
cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Contains a short history of seals, seal artists, Xian seals, seal scripts and pictographic seals.
486 Lam, Peter ed: IMPERIAL PORCELAIN OF LATE QING. From the Kwan Collection. Hong Kong, 1983. 156
pp. 164 objects all illustrated in colour. 6 b/w figures. Base marks. Chronology. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£125.00
Profusely-illustrated and very scarce exhibition catalogue of the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The porcelains
date from the Daoguang to Xuantong reigns and are in the collection of Simon Kwan. 164 very fine pieces are all illustrated in colour
and described with dual English and Chinese texts.
487 Lang, Gordon: THE POWELL-COTTON COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS. Birchington, 1988.
152 pp. 40 colour plates, 125 b/w illustrations. 27x21 cm. Wrappers.
£40.00
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Catalogue of a private collection of mainly Qing period imperial and export ceramics. The pieces were assembled before 1940 and
have been kept at Quex House, the Powell-Cotton residence, now a museum. Scarce.
488 Lattimore, Owen: STUDIES IN FRONTIER HISTORY. Collected Papers 1928-1958. London, 1962. 565 pp.
Index. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
A re-edition of the most famous articles by the author, classified by theme, mostly geographical: Inner Asian frontiers, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria and China, ethnic minorities and social history. RBS 8:49. Signed by the author.
489 Lau, D. C. trans: MENCIUS. Penguin Classics. Harmondsworth, 1988. 280 pp. 19x11 cm. Paper.
Translation of the Confucian philosophy with a good introduction and numerous appendixes.
£10.00
490 Laufer, Berthold: THE DOMESTICATION OF THE CORMORANT IN CHINA AND JAPAN. Field Museum,
Anthropological Series 300. Chicago, 1931. Pp. 201-262. 4 plates. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£45.00
A serious study of the subject, consulting Chinese sources relating to it. A very scarce Laufer item.
491 Laufer, Berthold: JADE. A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion. Field Museum of Natural History, Pub.
154. China, 1941. xiv, 370 pp. 68 plates, 6 in colour. 204 text illustrations. 24x16 cm. Half-leather.
£40.00
Chinese reprint of the first edition of one of the most comprehensive studies in a western language dealing with jade objects in relation to Chinese society and religion. Hucker 1462, Born 205, Yang 1611.
492 Ledderose, Lothar: TEN THOUSAND THINGS. Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art. Princeton, 2001.
304 pp. 16 colour and 275 b/w illustrations. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£30.95
A remarkable historical tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble
extraordinary objects from standardised parts or modules. New paperback edition.
493 Lee, Leo Ou-fan: SHANGHAI MODERN. The Flowering of a New Urban Culture in China, 1930-1945.
Cambridge, 1999. 409 pp. 26 b/w plates. Notes, glossary with Chinese characters, index. Paper.
£15.00
Highly interesting and readable research into the artistic and literary culture of Shanghai during its modern flowering, by one of the
foremost contemporary scholar/critics writing today. Recommended. Paperback edition.
494 Lee, Sherman E. intro: AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERPIECES OF ANCIENT CHINA. Collected in China
by Jan Kleijkamp during 1940-1941. New York, 1942. 47 pp. 15 b/w plates. 28x22 cm. Original boards. £45.00
Detroit Institute of Arts catalogue. Limited edition of 300 copies.
495 Lee, Soyoung et al: THE ART OF THE KOREAN RENAISSANCE, 1400-1600. New York, 2009. 128 pp.
Colour illustrations throughout. 27x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York that explores the artistic and cultural renaissance in
Korea during the 15th and 16th centuries. Includes painting, ceramics, metalware, lacquerware and printed books from museum and
private collections worldwide.
496 Legge, James: THE FOUR BOOKS. Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and ...
Taibei, n.d. 1014 pp. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Legge’s well-known annotated translation of the four Confucian classics. Includes Chinese text. Modern Taiwanese facsimile edition.
497 Leonard, Jonathan: EARLY JAPAN. Great Ages of Man. New York, 1969. 191 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations.
27x22 cm. Half cloth.
£15.00
498 Leur, J. C. van: INDONESIAN TRADE AND SOCIETY. Essays in Asian Social and Economic History. The
Hague, 1967. xxii, 465 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Includes chapters on ‘Trade and the Trade Routes’, ‘Indonesia and the Trade Route’.
499 Li Chu-tsing and Watt, James ed: THE CHINESE SCHOLAR’S STUDIO. Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period.
London, 1987. 240 pp. 188 illustrations, 60 in colour. 31x23 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
130 objects from the Shanghai Museum, exploring the world of the 17th century scholar-artist. An excellent catalogue of an exhibition held at the Asia Society, New York. Good copy with dustjacket.
500 Li Fang ed: TAIPING GUANGJI. (Records of the Taiping). 太平廣記 。 李昉 編. Beijing, 1981. Various
paginations. 11 vols. 20x14 cm. Paper.
£35.00
A detailed 10 volume work (plus one volume index) on the history of the Taiping Rebellion. In Chinese.
501 Li Ruzhen; Lin Tai-yi trans: FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR. Berkeley, 1965. 310 pp. 22x14 cm. Cloth. £15.00
A translation of the Qing dynasty novel Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen. Introductory essay. Taiwan edition.
502 Li Wenjie: ZHONGGUO GUDAI ZHITAO GONGYI YANJIU. (Research into the Production Technology of
Ancient Chinese Pottery). Zhongguo Lishi Bowuguan Congshu 3. Beijing, 1996. xii, 362 pp. text plus 70 pp. b/w
plates illustrating numerous objects. B/w text drawings. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The first detailed book studying pottery technology in ancient China. Investigates pottery making from the early Neolithic Age to the
Han Dynasty amongst the cultures along the Yellow River and Yangtze River valleys. In Chinese only but with 2 pp English synopsis.
503 Li Xiating & Li Shaoxuan ed: JIN GUO QINGTONGQI YISHU TUJIAN. (An Illustrated Record of the Art of
Jin Kingdom Bronzes). 晉國青銅器藝術圖鑒 。 李夏廷 李劭軒 編著. Beijing, 2009. 338 pp. B/w text illustrations
and text drawings throughout. 28x22 cm. Wrappers.
£30.00
Shows numerous and varied fine examples of ancient Chinese bronzes dating from the Zhou dynasty Jin Kingdom. Each bronze is illustrated in black-and-white and accompanied by detailed black-and-white drawings showing the intricate designs on the body of the
bronze. There is also illustration of moulds used for casting, again accompanied by detailed illustration of the designs.
504 Li Zehou: THE PATH OF BEAUTY. A Study of Chinese Aesthetics. Oxford, 1995. 256 pp. 20 b/w illustrations.
21x14 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A study of Chinese aesthetics in the context of China’s cultural heritage. It defines the changing concepts of beauty at different stages
of Chinese history. First published in 1981 in Chinese.
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505 Li, Susan & Massey, Roy: JINGHUA YIYUN: XIFANG BANHUA ZHONG DE MING QING LAO BEIJING
(1598-1902). Imperial Peking Illustrated. 京華遺韻 ： 西方版畫中的明清老北京 (1598-1902). Beijing, 2008. 6,
£60.00
251 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
A chronological survey of western illustration of Peking from the late Ming dynasty until the start of the 20th century. A wealth of fascinating material. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
506 Liang Shizheng: XIQING GUJIAN. (Imperial Catalogue of Bronzes). 西清古鑒. Nanjing, 1992. 886 pp.
Reproductions of the leaves of the original with b/w drawings throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Reduced facsimile reprint of the well-known catalogue of bronzes in the Imperial collections edited by Liang Shizheng and completed
in 1751, with illustrations and details of 1,529 pieces. Cf. Hummel p. 503.
507 Licent, E: L’ARTESIANISME DANS LA GRANDE PLAINE DU TCHEU LY: LE PUITS JAILLISSANT DE
LAO SI KAI, TIENTSIN 1935-1936. (Artesianism in the Plain of Zhili: The Bubbling Well of Lao Si Kai, Tianjin,
1935-1936). Publications du Musée Hoang Ho Pai Ho. No. 40. Tientsin, 1936. 61 pp. 3 pp. b/w plates. Text charts
(one folding). Separate large foldout map and foldout chart. 31x23 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Describes well construction in the Tianjin area in the 1930s. With interesting photographs. The separate foldout map shows the North
of China from the Shandong peninsula across to Lanzhou and up to the plains of Mongolia. The separate map and foldout chart have
some tears to the edges. The map has a tear along one crease. In French. Scarce.
508 Lin, Shwu-shin et al ed: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF EARLY CHINESE GREENWARE — PRINCIPALLY
YUEH WARE. Qian Feng Cui Se — Yueyao Tezhan. 千峰翠色越窯特展. Taipei, 1996. 380 pp. 120 colour plates,
many smaller colour illustrations and b/w text-figures. 38x27 cm. Silk, slipcase.
£195.00
Splendid and scarce exhibition catalogue of 120 of Mr. Hsu Chou-li’s yue ware ceramics, dating from the Western Zhou to the Southern Song, exhibited at the National Museum of History, Taipei. The pieces are illustrated in large fullpage colour plates, with most pieces
illustrated from different angles, and fully described. There is a dual text in English and Chinese, including all introductory essays by
Hsieh Ming-liang.
509 Lin, Yutang: THE GAY GENIUS. The Life and Times of Su Tungpo. New York, 1947. xii, 427 pp. 6 plates. 22x15
cm. Cloth.
£15.00
A biography of the great liberal thinker and poet Su Dongpo by the author of ‘My Country and my People’. A good copy. First American edition.
510 Lindqvist, Cecilia: CHINA. Empire of the Written Symbol. London, 1991. 423 pp. 31 coloured & numerous b/w
illustrations. Map. 22x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Originally published in Swedish, this book describes the pictorial origins & development of the Chinese script. Drawing on archaeology, palaeographic research and art, the author offers a richly detailed picture of how mental associations are formed with visual
images and symbols.
511 Link, Howard A. ed: WEN-JEN HUA. Chinese Literati Painting in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs M. Hutchinson.
Honolulu, 1988. 130 pp. 16 colour and 80 b/w illustrations. Appendixes, bibliography. 28x22 cm. Paper. £20.00
Featuring 67 paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties. With essays and entries by Tseng Yu-ho Ecke.
512 Liu Peijin et al ed: COLLECTIVE WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY YIXING ZISHA MASTERS. Hong
Kong, 1991. 406 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour. 29x28 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
Luxurious publication on yixing pottery, based on some of the exhibits displayed at the ‘Rare Treasures of China’ Exhibition in Hong
Kong. 541 objects by 167 potters are illustrated and discussed, both in English and Chinese. Out-of-print and hard to find.
513 Liu Shoulin et al. ed: MINGUO ZHIGUAN NIANBIAO. (A Chronology of Republican Officials). Beijing, 1995.
1531 pp. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
A large chronology of Republican officials classified by province or city of activity and occupation. A useful reference. In Chinese.
514 Liu Wu-chi: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LITERATURE. Bloomington, 1966. viii, 321 pp. 9 plates,
bibliography, chronological chart, glossary, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A comprehensive history of Chinese literature from the earliest Classic of Poetry to Mao Dun and Lao She.
515 Lo, Joseph S. P: A COLLECTION OF SEALS IN THE MINQIU STUDIO. Minqiushi Cang Yin. Taibei, 1994.
v, 81 pp. Seal impressions throughout printed in red. Index of carvers and inscriptions. 30x21 cm. Paper. £25.00
A collection of 150 seals by 77 engravers dating from the late Ming to the end of the Qing dynasty. The seal impressions are all reproduced actual size and the author has provided valuable translations of all impressions and inscriptions, with biographies.
516 Loehr, Max: THE GREAT PAINTERS OF CHINA. London, 1980. 336 pp. 198 illustrations, 15 in colour.
Bibliography, index. 27x21 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Professor Loehr’s provides an excellent text which we suggest could be usefully supplemented by the acquisition of other works containing larger and better-quality illustrations. A fine starting point.
517 Loti, Pierre: MADAME CHRYSANTHEME. Collection Bleue. Paris, 1923. ii, iii, 305 pp. 19x13 cm.
Contemporary quarter calf gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers.
£55.00
Pleasingly bound copy of Loti’s Japanese novel. The author was the first literary observer to visit the Far East. Some pages uncut, slight
knock to edge of covers. In French.
518 Louis, Francois: DIE GOLDSCHMIEDE DER TANG UND SONG ZEIT. Archaologische, sozial und
wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Materialien zur Goldschmiedekunst Chinas vor 1279. Societe Suisse-Asie Monographie
32. Bern, 1999. 327 pp. 74 b/w illustrations and 48 text drawings. 22x16 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Describes the goldsmith’s art from an archaeological, social and economic historical perspective during the Tang and Song dynasties. With a decent selection of illustrations and drawings. In German only.
519 Lu Dalin: BORUZHAI CHONGXIU KAOGU TU. (The Boruzhai Revised Edition of the Kaogu Tu: ‘Illustrations
of Archaeological Artifacts’). 伯如齋重修考古圖 。 呂大臨 編撰. Beijing, 2003. 2, 574 pp. Numerous b/w
illustrations. 27x19 cm. Boards.
£45.00
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Originally published in the Northern Song dynasty in 1092, this work was China’s first illustrated catalogue of bronzes and jades. It
primarily describes and illustrates a wide variety of archaic bronzes and a few jades including vessels and animals. This facsimile reproduction is taken from a Ming dynasty Wan Li edition. In Chinese.
520 Lu Xun & Zheng Zhenduo ed: BEIJING JIANPU. (Beijing Letter Papers). Beijing, 1998. Various paginations of
folded leaves. Colour and b/w letter papers throughout. 6 vols. 31x21 cm. Stitched, cloth case.
£300.00
1998 reprint of the original 1933 edition of the Beijing Jianpu edited by two famous figures of the modern Chinese woodcut movement,
Lu Xun and Zheng Zhenduo. The work is filled throughout with delightful letter papers in colour and in black-and-white showing a
huge variety of themes. In Chinese. Out-of-print.
521 McCausland, Shane: FIRST MASTERPIECE OF CHINESE PAINTING. The Admonitions Scroll. London,
2003. 143 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 21x21 cm. Cloth.
£16.99
Describes the history and importance of this seldom-seen treasure of the British Museum — the Admonitions Scroll, traditionally attributed to Gu Kaizhi (c. AD 345-406).
522 McCormick, Andrea & Lynde: CHINESE COUNTRY ANTIQUES. Vernacular Furniture and Accessories, c.
1780-1920. Atglen, 2002. 176 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Bibliography. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
An extensive look at the kinds of vernacular furniture and accessories that are widely available both in Chinese markets and western
shops. Includes numerous types of cupboards, chairs, tables and stools plus baskets, trays, trunks, brush pots etc. A useful and interesting guide for both scholars and collectors. Prices are given that presumably reflect the US retail market. Revised price guide: 2002.
523 McElney, Brian S: MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART I. Inaugural Exhibition : Volume 1 : Chinese Ceramics.
Bath, 1993. c. 250 pp. 225 objects illustrated in colour. 32x23 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A new publication to celebrate and document the opening of the new museum in Bath with holdings based on the McEleny collection.
This first volume contains an extensive range of fine ceramics.
524 McElney, Brian S: MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART II. Inaugural Exhibition : Volume 2 : Chinese Metalware
& Decorative Arts. Bath, 1993. c. 150 pp. 129 objects illustrated in colour. 32x23 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
The second of two volumes published to coincide with the opening of the new museum in Bath, this catalogues metalware, lacquerware, soft stone, bamboo and wood carving in the McElney collection. With a number of informative essays on each class of material.
525 McGovern, W. M: TO LHASA IN DISGUISE. A Secret Expedition through Mysterious Tibet. New York, 1924.
xiv, 462 pp. 23 illustrations and 4 maps. 22x15 cm. Decorated cloth.
£85.00
First edition. An attempt to ‘weave through the record a general but accurate description of manners and customs and beliefs, including
some of the extraordinary institutions which exist in the government of Lhasa’. Yakushi M133 a.
526 McLachlan, K. & Whittaker, W: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFGHANISTAN. Cambridge, 1983. xiii, 671 pp. Map.
21x15 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
The title continues: ‘A working bibliography of materials on Afghanistan with special reference to economic and social change in the
twentieth century’.
527 Malleret, Louis: PIERRE POIVRE. Paris, 1974. 2, 723 pp. 1 col. & 4 b/w plates. 28x19 cm. Paper.
In French. Uncut copy.
£50.00
528 Maraini, Fosco: JAPAN. Patterns of Continuity. Tokyo, 1972. 240 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. 29x23 cm.
Cloth.
£30.00
A very colourful and entertaining account of various aspects of Japanese culture, ancient as well as recent.
529 Marchant & Son: 80TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF CHINESE JADES FROM HAN TO QING.
London, 2005. ix, 155 pp. Colour plates throughout, many full page. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Dealer’s catalogue showing 120 fine examples of Chinese jade, the majority Qing. All well-described illustrated in full colour, many
with multiple views and close-up detail.
530 Marchant & Son: EXHIBITION OF CHINESE GLASS. The Hope Danby Collection. London, 1999. 42 pp. 22
colour illustrations. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Qing period glass, chiefly monochrome and sparsely decorated, but nonetheless exquisite. Introduction by John Ayers.
531 Marchant & Son: RECENT ACQUISITIONS 2004. London, 2004. 92 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Wrappers.
£20.00
Dealer’s catalogue showing 65 recent acquisitions offered for sale in 2003. Ming and Qing ceramics, China trade items and Japanese ivories. Fine colour plates and well-researched descriptions. Price list included.
532 Marchant & Son: RECENT ACQUISITIONS 2006. London, 2006. 136 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Cloth.
£25.00
70 very fine Chinese ceramics, predominantly Qing with a few earlier Yuan and Ming examples.
533 Marchant & Son: RECENT ACQUISITIONS 2007. London, 2007. 168 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm.
Wrappers.
£25.00
Dealer’s catalogue showing 80 fine recent acquisitions offered for sale in 2007. Qing ceramics, a good number imperial, and including some fine blue-and-white, plus a number of jade and other items. Fine colour plates and well-researched descriptions.
534 Marsh, Robert M: THE MANDARINS. The Circulation of Elites in China, 1600-1900. Taipei, 1984. xvii, 300 pp.
Appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. 22x15 cm. Paper.
£20.00
A sociological history of upward mobility within the civil service system of the late Ming and Qing dynasties. Taiwan reprint.
535 Maspero, Henri and Balazs, Etienne: HISTOIRE ET INSTITUTIONS DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE. Des
Origines au XIIe Siécle après J.-C. Musée Guimet Bibliothèque d’Études, 73. Paris, 1967. 322 pp. Chronology, 9
maps. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£45.00
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536 Matsushita Takaaki: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 6 — JOSETSU, SHUBUN, AND SANAMI. Tokyo, 1978.
211 pp. including 4 pp. English plate captions. 163 plates, 26 in colour. Many text-figs. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Volume 6 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings. This volume is on early Japanese painters.
537 Mayuyama, Junkichi: JAPANESE ART IN THE WEST. Tokyo, 1966. v, 379 pp. 441 b/w plates. 32x26 cm.
£110.00
Cloth.
Privately printed for a great Japanese art dealer, this volumes illustrates mainly Japanese paintings in Western collections, but also
some sculpture, lacquer and ceramics.
538 Medley, Margaret: YUAN PORCELAIN AND STONEWARE. Faber Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain.
London, 1977. xii, 139 pp. 124 plates and illustrations. Bibliography and index. 25x16 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
This study sees the evolution of Chinese porcelain and stoneware, which took place during the innovative Yuan period, against the background of social and economic changes. A standard reference. Now offered at a reduced price to clear stock
539 Menon, Chelnat Achyuta: CATALOGUE OF THE MALAYALAM MANUSCRIPTS IN THE INDIA OFFICE
LIBRARY. Oxford, 1954. iii, 28 pp. B/w frontispiece plate. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
540 Valenstein, Suzanne G. et al: ORIENTAL CERAMICS — THE WORLD’S GREAT COLLECTIONS 11. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Oriental Ceramics Vol. 11. Tokyo, 1982. 179 pp. 90 colour plates, 312
b/w plates and illustrations. 37x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£180.00
The final volume in the series features fine Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Korean ceramics. Qing dynasty works, Nabeshima ware
and pottery from Nishapur are the highlights of one of the most comprehensive collections.
541 Mi Fu: MI FU DE SHUFA YISHU. (The Calligraphic Art of Mi Fu). 米芾的書法藝術. Beijing, 1980. 58 pp.
Chiefly b/w reproductions of calligraphy and rubbings, some folding. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Good brief representative illustrated guide to the calligraphic the work of the famous Song dynasty calligrapher, painter and critic,
with a 10-page essay on by Shen Peng. In Chinese.
542 MING-HUANG-NA-LIANG-T’U ‘EMPEROR MING HUANG ENJOYING THE COOL BREEZES’. A
Painting Attributed to Chang Hsuan. Kyoto, 1966. 19, 29 pp. text plus 2 colour and 10 b/w plates. 37x28 cm.
Booklet plus plates loose in folder.
£30.00
A study of a Tang dynasty painting attributed to Zhang Xuan. The booklet has dual text in English and Chinese with a two page French
introduction by Jean-Pierre Dubosc. The painting is reproduced in full with colophons and inscriptions.
543 Misugi Takatoshi: CHINESE PORCELAIN COLLECTIONS IN THE NEAR EAST, TOPKAPI AND
ARDEBIL. Tokyo, 1981. 5, 194, 3; 242; 301 pp. 470 plates (a number tipped-in in colour), plans and designs. 3
vols. 31x23 cm. Cloth, Japanese-style slipcase.
£190.00
The original 1972 limited Japanese edition. Numerous illustrations throughout of the Chinese ceramics in two famous and fabulous
collections, the Topkapi and the Ardebil shrine. With numerous illustrations (some in colour) including close-up illustrations of designs
on the ceramics. List of plates and captions in English. Main text in Japanese.
544 Mitau, Martin ed: CATHAY IN ELDORADO. The Chinese In California. San Francisco, 1971. Four page
introduction and eleven separate four page essays. 12 vols. 25x22 cm. Paper. In quarter leather slip case. £75.00
Comprises an introduction and eleven separate four page essays as follows on the Chinese in various parts of California. 1. Introduction. 2. Weaverville. 3. Sacramento. 4. China Camp. 5. San Francisco. 6. Stockton. 7. Central Pacific Railroad. 8. Tuolumne County.
9. Monterey. 10. Hanford’s China Alley. 11. Los Angeles. Published in a very limited edition by the Book Club of California.
545 Morgan, Brian: NATURALISM & ARCHAISM: CHINESE JADES FROM THE KIRKNORTON
COLLECTION. London, 1995. xiv, (120) pp. 82 objects illustrated in colour. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
Carter Fine Art Limited sale catalogue of a collection of small and finely carved jade handling pieces, especially animals. The majority are Song to Ming period, with a few earlier ones included. Essay by Li Boqian on secular jades.
546 Morohashi Tetsuji: DAI KAN-WA JITEN. Taibei, 1987. Each vol. contains over 1100 pp. 13 vols. 21x15 cm.
Cloth.
£250.00
Taibei reprint of the 1957-1960 original Tokyo edition of this outstanding Sino-Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters and phrases,
with particular strength on poetry and classical literature, and for the biographical notes on historical figures. The final volume comprises an extensive index. Produced in a slightly reduced format to the original. See Teng & Bickerstaff III: 133. Well-produced and
in good condition.
547 Morris, Ivan trans: AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS. Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century
Japan. Oxford, 1971. 159 pp. 17 illustrations, 5 photos, 3 maps, index to notes. 24x21 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
The memoirs of an unknown lady in the Heian court, known as the Lady Sarashina, sensitively translated with an introduction by
Morris, with illustrations from the woodblock printed edition of 1704.
548 Moss, Hugh intro: ARTS FROM THE SCHOLAR’S STUDIO. Hong Kong, 1986. 300 pp. 207 colour and 186
b/w illustrations, numerous line drawings and rubbings. 37x26 cm. Cloth.
£340.00
A comprehensive and excellent survey of the arts that were produced, patronised or seriously collected by the influential minority in
China — the Literati. 277 works of art are illustrated and fully described. A wonderful book that is a highly-recommended reference
and much sought-after. Now very scarce.
549 Moss, Paul: EMPEROR, SCHOLAR, ARTISAN, MONK. The Creative Personality in Chinese Works of Art.
London, 1984. 288 pp. 132 selected items illustrated in 170 colour plates. 30x21 cm. Paper & slipcase. £75.00
Catalogue of an exhibition featuring over 40 pieces of Ming and Qing painting and calligraphy and over 90 works of art. Artists include Tang Yin, Shao Mi, and others. Contains 3 separate reproductions of scrolls.
550 Moss, Paul: OLD LEAVES TURNING. London, 1995. 380 pp. 217 colour plates. 2 vols. Cloth.
£95.00
Sumptuous catalogue of a sale-exhibition of Chinese fan paintings, dating from the fifteenth to the late nineteenth century, mounted by
Sidney L. Moss.
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551 Muller, F. Max ed.; James Legge trans: THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA. The Texts of Confucianism, Part I.
The Sacred Books of the East III. Oxford, 1879. xxx, 492 pp. Folding chart of the principle stars. Transliteration
£40.00
table. 23x15 cm. Library cloth.
Part I: The Shu King (Shujing or Book of History), The Religious Portions of the Shih King (Shijing or Book of Poetry), The Hsiao
King (Xiaojing or Classic of Filial Piety), translated by James Legge. 1st edition.
552 Mumeya, M: THE STORM AT HONG KONG 18TH SEPTEMBER 1906. N.p. [Hong Kong], n.d. [1906/07].
Title page plus 50 b/w collotype photographs, one per page. One foldout. 19x26 cm. Cloth.
£2,600.00
Photographic compilation taken in the immediate aftermath of the great typhoon that struck Hong Kong in September 1906. Shows
the damage caused, predominantly numerous ships tossed on their side or onto the harbour front. Also shows much damage to buildings, most notably in the foldout which shows the damage caused to the Star Ferry Building in Kowloon. The scenes of devastation
also show numerous curious onlookers, both local Chinese and foreigners. Also scenes of Hong Kong and Kowloon colonial architecture fronting the harbour. A total of 50 black-and-white collotype photographs, one per page, with an image size of 10x15 cm. The
foldout measures 10x27 cm. The photographs have captions in English. Of added interest is that the photographs were taken, and the
album published, by the virtually unknown Japanese photographer, M. Mumeya, who had a studio in Queen’s Road, Central. This is
the first time we have come across Mumeya and thus the first time we have handled this work. In the original cloth and in fine condition, just the occasional mark. Extremely rare.
553 Murasaki Shikibu: THE TALE OF GENJI. London, 1992. 1184 pp. 21x13 cm. Cloth.
Translated by Edward Seidensticker. The complete work in one relatively compact volume.
£30.00
554 Musée Cernuschi: LA CALLIGRAPHIE DANS L’ART JAPONAIS CONTEMPORAIN. Paris, 1956. 24 pp.
8 b/w plates. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of then contemporary Japanese calligraphy. In French.
555 Museu de Arte de Macau: ZHIREN WUFA: BADA SHI TAO GUGONG SHANGBO SHUHUA JINGPIN.
Rules by The Masters: Paintings and Calligraphies by Ba Da and Shi Tao: Collections from the Palace Museum and
Shanghai Museum/As Regras dos Mestres: Pinturas e Caligrafias de Ba Da e Shi Tao: Coleccoes do Museu do
Palacio e do Museu de Xangai. 至人無法 ： 八大石濤故宮上博珍藏書畫精品. Macau, 2004. 571 pp. Colour
plates throughout. Foldouts. 2 vols. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£175.00
Large commemorative two-volume catalogue of a superb exhibition at the Museum of Art in Macau of a loan exhibition from the
Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum of Chinese paintings by the Ming Masters, Ba Da Shan Ren and Shi Tao. Volume One covers
Ba Da Shan Ren and the second volume is on Shi Tao. Fullpage colour plates throughout each volume. Dual texts in Chinese, English and Portuguese. Out-of-print.
556 Museum of History: GUO ZHI GUIBAO: ZHONGGUO WENWU SHIYE WUSHI NIAN 1949-1999. (The
Treasures of a Nation: China’s Cultural Heritage, 1949-1999). 國之瑰寶 ： 中國文物事業五十年 1949-1999.
Beijing, 1999. 327 pp. Colour plates throughout. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition at Beijing’s Museum of History mainly trumpeting the achievements and finds of Chinese archaeology in the first 50 years of the Peoples Republic. Superb objects from across the dynasties. Colour plates throughout. Text in
Chinese. Out-of-print.
557 Nagoya City Museum: CHUGOKU TOYO NO BI. (The Art of Chinese Pottery Figures). Tokyo, 1984. 161 pp.
Japanese text. 6 pp. English captions. 105 illustrations in colour, many b/w. 27x22 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition in Japan. The pieces exhibited date from the Neolithic age to the Yuan period and come from Chinese museum collections primarily in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
558 Naito, Tochiro: HORYUJI HEKIGA NO KENKYU. (Research into the Horyuji Murals). Kyoto, 1932. 4, 292, 2
pp. text plus 28 pp. b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Two volumes in one. Scarce study on the Horyuji murals undertaken in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In Japanese. William Acker’s
copy with a number of annotations. Some wear and tear. Priced accordingly.
559 Nanjing Museum & Jiangyin Museum ed: GAOCHENGDUN. (The Gaocheng Site). 高城墩. Beijing, 2009. 10,
2, 223 pp. text plus 103 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text drawings. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£75.00
Detailed report on the excavation of the Neolithic Gaochengdun site located near the town of Jiangyin in China’s Jiangsu province.
The remains and artefacts found are primarily from the Liangzhu culture. The site was probably a cemetery for the Liangzhu nobility
and included a sacrificial altar in addition to the 14 tombs. Over 400 relics were excavated, many illustrated here, including fine jade
zong, axe heads, rings, pierced beads and small implements. Two page English abstract. Main text in Chinese.
560 Nanjing Museum ed: MING QING RENWU XIAOXIANG HUAXUAN. Portrait Paintings of the Ming and
Qing Dynasties. Shanghai, 1982. 14 pp. Chinese text, 28 pp. English text. 83 plates, 70 in colour. 38x26 cm.
Cloth.
£45.00
Included in this selection of figure paintings from the Nanjing Museum are sketches and water colours and representative works of famous artists of the two periods.
561 Naoya Shiga; Lane Dunlop trans: THE PAPER DOOR AND OTHER STORIES. Modern Asian Literature Series.
New York, 2001. 192 pp. 18x12 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A beautifully translated selection of stories by one of the most revered of all modern Japanese writers.
562 National Gallery in Prague: CHINESE CERAMICS. From The Collections of the National Gallery in Prague..
Prague, 1994. 152 pp. A number of colour and numerous b/w plates. 23x16 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A survey of the highlights of the Chinese ceramic collection in the National Gallery of Prague. Well-illustrated and with dual text in
Czech and English.
563 National Library of China: CEFU DUOYING: GUOJIA ZHENGUI GUJI TEZHAN TULU (2009). (Catalogue
of a Special Exhibition of Treasures of Chinese Printing (2009)). 冊府掇英 ： 國家珍貴古籍特展圖彔 (2009).
Beijing, 2009. 294 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£80.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of China in Beijing showing a very fine selection of rarely-seen examples of
printing from throughout China, ranging from minority printing and manuscripts from the Southwest through to examples from Inner
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Mongolia. The large majority comprises Chinese woodblock printing from the Song dynasty onwards. Also includes early manuscripts
and rubbings. The exhibits come from museum collections across China. Illustrated throughout. Text in Chinese.
564 National Museum of China: DA HAN CHU WANG: XUZHOU XIHAN CHU WANG LINGMU WENWU
JICUI. (Chu Kings of the Great Han: Artefacts from the Western Han Tombs of the Kings of Chu at Xuzhou).
大漢楚王 ： 徐州西漢楚王陵墓文物輯萃. Beijing, 2005. 374 pp. Colour plates throughout. Colour text
£100.00
illustrations. 29x22 cm. Wrappers.
Catalogue of a magnificent and important exhibition held at the National Museum of China in Beijing showing the wonderful finds from
the 2nd century B.C. Western Han Chu tombs at Xuzhou in China’s Jiangsu province. The Kingdom of Chu was an important Han vassal state. The exhibition shows finds from a number of tombs, primarily large and interesting tomb figurines of which some beautiful
dancers and musicians are worthy of mention. Of particular note, the Beidongshan tomb, excavated in 1986, yielded over 200 fine
painted terracotta tomb figures. However, it is the Shizishan tomb, excavated in 1994-95, that yielded the most finds. The tomb was
initially famous for the copious numbers of large and varied tomb figurines found in a nearby pit. The other finds from the tomb itself
are equally stunning and extremely refined — extensive quantities of fine bronzes and jades, seals, gilt-bronze, gold plaques and gilt
belt hooks, a superb jade burial suit, an extraordinary jade and lacquer coffin and equally fine jade, gold and bronze boxes. 136 exhibits are shown, many comprising multiple objects. Illustrated throughout with fine colour plates, many showing close-up details and
objects photographed from different angles. For many of the exhibits, this is their first public showing. List of exhibits with brief descriptions in English, otherwise the main text with good descriptions and essays is in Chinese. Highly recommended. Out-of-print.
565 National Museum of China & Ji’an Museum: JIZHOU YAO. (An Exhibition of Jizhou Wares). 吉州窯. Beijing,
2005. 93 pp. 77 pp. colour plates 29x22 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of China in Beijing providing a comprehensive examination of the history and
development of Jizhou wares. Approximately 200 fine pieces were shown, the majority of which are here illustrated in colour and often
in multiple views. The pieces primarily come from the Ji’an Museum in Jiangxi province and most date from the Song. Text in Chinese.
566 National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto: YAGI KAZUO. Kyoto, 2007. 323 pp. Colour plates throughout. Small
b/w text illustrations. 30x22 cm. Wrappers.
£70.00
Large catalogue of a retrospective at the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto of the work of the avant-garde and highly creative
Japanese ceramic artist, Yagi Kazuo. The exhibition show 256 examples of his work tracing his career over 40 years. All works illustrated in colour. Five page introduction and list of plates in English. Main text in Japanese.
567 National Palace Museum: GREAT NATIONAL TREASURES OF CHINA. Masterworks in the National Palace
Museum. Taibei, 1983. 327 pp. 160 colour plates and illustrations. 30x24 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A survey of Chinese art and culture represented by the museum’s collections of bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, painting and carvings.
Text in English and Chinese.
568 National Palace Museum: HUANG JIE XIANSHENG YIZENG WENWU MULU. (Catalogue of the Huang
Jie Bequest). Taibei, 1997. vii, 180 pp. 116 pp. colour plates. 30x21 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Catalogue of the bequest of Huang Jie, the nationalist military figure. His collection mainly comprises Qing and Republican calligraphy with some paintings, inkstones and a couple of bronzes. In Chinese only.
569 Neuhof, Johann et al: AN EMBASSY FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES
TO THE GRAND TARTAR CHAM EMPEROUR OF CHINA.... London, 1669. pp. 184 & 205-327; 18; pp.
1-100 (of 108). 19 b/w engraved plates plus 121 b/w engraved text illustrations. 40x26 cm. Later half leather. Wear
to spine and edges.
£500.00
Reading copy only of the first English edition of Neuhof’s Embassy with sections by Father John Adams and Father Athanasius
Kircher. All text is present in the Nieuhof section (although pp. 185-204 are omitted in pagination). The Adams section is all present.
The final section by Kircher lacks the last 8 pages of text. Lacks the title page and frontpapers. There are ink scribblings on a couple
of pages, plus some sellotape repairs (predominantly to text) and a number of marks and tears to margins. The engraved frontispiece
of Ogilby and the folding map not present. Later binding with wear. However, all the engraved plates and text illustrations are present and these provide much interest as early depictions of China, its life and inhabitants. The full page plate of the Kangxi Emperor
is of particular note. Sold with all faults and priced accordingly.
570 Nguyen, Tran-Huan: LAN-ONG THUONG KINH KY-SU. (Relation d’un voyage a la Capitale). Paris, 1972.
xxv, 177 pp. 28x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
571 Nie Chongyi comp: XINDING SAN LI TU. (The Three ‘Li’ or Classics on Ritual,
Illustrated). 新定三禮圖 。 聶崇義 撰 。 通志堂藏本. N.p., 1676. Various pagings
of folded leaves, Chinese-style. 1-9; 10-20 juan in 2 ce. Many b/w woodcut illustrations
throughout. 16 columns of 29-31 characters, ‘baikou’, two upper fishtails, double rule
left and right only. 2 vols. 26x17 cm. Stitched, in later cloth case.
£2,600.00
Kangxi edition of a Song dynasty account of ancient Chinese ceremonial rites as described in the
Classics. Abundantly illustrated with fine woodcuts depicting human figures, regalia, and various
ceremonial objects. This edition is produced by the Tongzhi Tang and is well-regarded by Chinese bibliophiles. The 1676 date comes from the preface. Text in Chinese.
The reason that the edition is well-regarded is clear. This book is a respectful and revealing facsimile
— not an exact copy but intended to give a very faithful rendition of the bibliographic style of its
Song period antecedents. We are fortunate to be able to find a reproduction of these accessible in
‘Zhongguo Guojia Tushuguan Guji Zhenpin Tulu’ (1999) p. 28-29. A colour plate from an opening
of the 1175 edition in the Beijing library shows that the design, xylographic typography, and illustrations are faithfully represented in the later edition offered here. The illustration is recut and has
smoother, slightly more fluid lines (that we associate with Kangxi) but all the detail is faithfully reproduced and no more. (We can supply an illustration from this edition corresponding with that taken
from the Song imprint.)
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It is interesting to compare the way the characters are carved for the blocks in the two examples. In printed books, a regular number
of characters per column became a norm for printed texts and the specification of these details (with number of columns per half-leaf)
is a standard of bibliographic printing but in Song printing the number of characters per column varied. The Beijing library Song edition is stated to be 16 columns of 26 characters, varying to 27. I have counted (on the reproduction in the ‘Zhenpin Tulu’) columns of
25 and others of 30. In Chinese printing’s earlier phase, when typography and calligraphy were even more closely allied, it seems natural that block carvers should be flexible in how they filled their columns. Interestingly, the later edition also has a variable number
of characters per column. It is far more regular and 30 seems to be the norm; the variation I have so far found is 29-31 characters.
Thus, in a print culture when regularity had become more or less an absolute, this recreation of an early printing also reproduced its
variety and calligraphic flexibility in a way, we would argue, that enhances the bibliographic design, namely, the way the seventeenthcentury edition feels as a book.
The darker coloured paper of this copy is somewhat brittle as for most examples of this type and period, with a number of leaves split
at the outer fold and some torn, though with little loss to any of the printed impression. The printing and block carving varies as expected in this type of work, but is generally good and clear, with the illustrations fine. The title page is slightly torn and wrinkled, with
a couple of slight block smudges. A couple of collector’s seals at the beginning of each ‘ce’.
The Song edition is also cited in ‘Beijing Tushuguan Guji Shanben Shumu’ p. 83; This edition (with 1680 given as the date) is in ‘Xiangang Suocang Guji Shumu’ p. 18, item 299.
572 Ning Kai et al: YIXING XIANZHI. (The Gazetteer of Yixing District). Taibei, 1965. 1181 pp. 3 maps. 22x16 cm.
Paper.
£55.00
Reprint of three gazetteer titles relating to the district famous for its teaware ceramics. Included are: Chongkan Yixing Xian Jiuzhi;
Yixing Jingxi Xian Xinzhi; and Guang Xuan Yi Jing Xuzhi.
573 O’Neill, P. G: JAPANESE NAMES. A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings. New York, 1989. xix,
359 pp. 18x12 cm. Paper.
£15.00
An indispensable reference book which covers some 36,000 Japanese names in all the important categories. The two parts provide both
the readings of names in characters and characters for name readings that are known. The first paperback edition to be published.
574 OBJETS D’ART DE LA CHINE: CÉRAMIQUE HAN TANG SONG YUEN MING TSING. Bois Sculptes,
Laques & Ivoires Pierres Dures ... Paris, 1928. 32 pp. viii b/w plates. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£10.00
A Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 345 lots. Illustrations feature jade, lapis lazuli, cloisonné, ceramics, costume and painting. In French.
575 Okladnikov, A: NEOLIT I BRONZOVYI VEK PRIBAIKALYA. CHAST I & II. (The Neolithic and Bronze Age
in the Lake Baikal Region:Parts I & II.). MRAU, Vol. 18. Moscow, 1950. 412 pp. Numerous b/w text illustrations
and drawings. 26x21 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
Volume 18 of the journal: Materials and Researches on the Archaeology of the USSR, concerning archaeological findings in the Lake
Baikal region of Eastern Siberia. Part I covers the history of research and exploration in the region together with a chronology of the
sites. Part II continues with a detailed description of the region in Neolithic times. In Russian.
576 Onchi Koshiro ed: SHIKASHU NIHON NO HANA. Anthology of Contemporary Japan: Flowers of Japan.
詞萃集 日本的花. Tokyo, 1946. 123, 5 pp. Numerous full page colour illustrations. Original woodblock title page
plus 3 tipped-in original colour woodblock prints. 26x18 cm. Boards. Printed dustjacket.
£700.00
Numerous full page colour illustrations of flowers taken from woodblock prints by, amongst others, Onchi Koshiro Kawakami Sumio,
Kawanishi Hide and Maekawa Sempan. Each of the illustrations is accompanied by a poem by Sato Haruo, Kitahara Hyakushu, Onchi
Korshiro and others. Three of the illustrations are original tipped-in colour woodblock prints. The title page also comprises an original woodblock print as does the dustjacket with a white floral design on a green background. A lovely and delicate work and a fine
creative achievement given the circumstances of the day. All text in Japanese. A fine copy. Rare.
577 Oprescu, George: ORIENTAL ART IN RUMANIA. Bucharest, 1963. 2 pp. 138 illustrations, 38 in colour. 29x23
cm. Cloth.
£20.00
140 reproductions of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Khmer, Siamese and Persian art, which, at the time of writing, were located in the
Art Museum of the R.P.R.
578 Oriental Ceramic Society: THE CHINESE SCHOLARS DESK 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY. Exhibition held
in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Oxford, 1979. 20 pp. 101 small b/w illustrations. 27x21 cm. Paper. £20.00
An exhibition of objects from the Chinese Scholar’s desk belonging to members of the OCS.
579 Oriental Ceramic Society: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY 1921-26 AND 192632. London, 1962. 156 pp; 201 pp. 84 plates with 139 illustrations. 2 vols. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£200.00
A reprint, in two volumes, of the first 10 Transactions. Originally published from 1923 to 1933 for members only, and in limited editions of 100 to 120 copies. The original versions now extremely hard to find, these reprint volumes also very scarce.
580 Oriental Ceramic Society: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY 20-72. London,
1945-2009. Each volume c. 75 pp. Many plates and ills. 53 vols. 29x22 cm. Original cloth or paper. £2,500.00
A complete run from Volume 20 up to the present volume no. 72. The earlier volumes now very difficult to find. An invaluable reference for East Asian ceramics, in particular, Chinese.
581 Orientations Magazine: CHINESE FURNITURE. Selected Articles from Orientations 1984-1999. Hong Kong,
1999. 340 pp. 410 colour and 286 b/w plates and illustrations. 28x22 cm. Paper.
£45.00
This is a significant update of the magazine’s previous 1994 collection of articles on furniture, which was already a unique source of
reference including contributions by all the leading experts in the field. This contains 17 new articles.
582 Osaka Museum of History ed: THE BEAUTY OF MINZAN SATSUMA: CERAMICS FROM OSAKA
SHOWN AT WORLD FAIRS. Osaka Museum Resource Collections: I. Osaka, 2006. 96 pp. Numerous colour
plates. B/w text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Shows 75 ceramics by Yabu Minzan, a famous potter from Osaka who flourished during the Meiji period. He specialized in Satsuma
wares, a good number of which were shown at several World Fairs. Many fine and typical Satsuma pieces are here shown, together
with other objects associated with the potter. All objects held in the Osaka Museum of History’s collection. In Japanese.
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583 Palais de la Civilisation: CHINA: TREASURES AND SPLENDOURS. Montreal, 1986. 199 pp. 157 plates and
illustrations. 24x24 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an interesting exhibition of Chinese art objects dating from early Neolithic period through to the mid-Qing (1800) on loan
from Chinese museum collections.
584 Parfionovich, Y. et al. comp: KRATKII TIBETSKO-RUSSKII SLOVAR’. (A Concise Tibetan-Russian
£45.00
Dictionary). Moscow, 1963. 581 pp. 22x17 cm. Boards.
A prime reference source in the field of Soviet Tibetan studies. Scarce.
585 Parke-Bernet Galleries: IMPORTANT ENGLISH XVIII CENTURY FURNITURE INCLUDING...RARE
CHINESE SINGLE-COLOR PORCELAIN AND THREE NOTABLE K’ANG HSI STATUETTES....
Property of Robert J. Dunham. New York, 1947. 179 pp. Numerous b/w plates. 25x18 cm. Later cloth.
£25.00
Whilst mainly western art, this auction catalogue contains a fair amount of Chinese art. Lots 33 to 70 are snuff bottles; lots 71-76 jade
and ivory carving; lots 77-134 and 249-299 comprise Chinese porcelain, mostly Qing dynasty and including fine monochromes. There
are 26 black-and-white plates showing Chinese art objects, mostly porcelain.
586 Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc: CHINESE ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF TONYING & CO INC.
Porcelain, Sculptures, Paintings, Early Bronzes, Pottery & Porcelains, Mineral Carvings, Enamels. New York,
1956. 49 pp. 30 b/w text plates. 24x16 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Parke-Bernet auction catalogue of 176 lots of Chinese art sold by the order of Tonying & Co and dating from the Shang to the Qing
dynasties.
587 Pelcovits, Nathan A: OLD CHINA HANDS AND THE FOREIGN OFFICE. New York, 1969. xi, 349 pp. Map.
Notes, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A study of the opinions and attitudes on Anglo-Chinese relations held by British merchants engaged in the China trade and their relevance to the formation of British foreign policy towards China in the half-century from 1860 onwards. Reprint of the 1948 original.
588 Perry-Ayscough, H. & Otter-Barry, R: WITH THE RUSSIANS IN MONGOLIA. London, 1914. B/w
frontispiece, xxii, 344 pp. Folding map. 49 pp. b/w plates (the majority full page). 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
Interesting work relating separate travels across Mongolia by the two authors just before the 1911 Revolution in China (Otter-Barry)
and a couple of years later by Perry-Ayscough when Mongolia had declared itself a republic and was aligning with the Russians.
Apart from the descriptions and accounts of their travels throughout the area at a time when Mongolia was very little-visited, there is
material on the history of Russian-Mongolian relations, the history of the Mongol people etc. A total of 53 black-and-white plates (the
majority full page) accompany. Relatively unobtrusive mark to cover, some minor foxing within, otherwise a fine copy. Rare.
589 Pierson, J. L. Jr: 10,000 CHINESE-JAPANESE CHARACTERS. Leiden, 1926. xi, 8, 750 pp. Appendixes.
Printed in two colours black text with red grid pattern arrangement. 32x26 cm. Cloth, red gilt label on spine.
£150.00
A large-format dictionary of Sino-Japanese characters intended to contain all the ‘living characters’ then used in Japan and thus
more comprehensive than the other Japanese-English dictionaries then available. With all readings: ‘on’, kun and imi, plus Chinese
pronunciations and a number of compounds for more important characters. Good firm copy, binding in good condition, clean inside
with some slight foxing to preliminary pages.
590 Pierson, Stacey ed: COLLECTING CHINESE ART. Interpretation and Display. PDF Colloquies, Art &
Archaeology in Asia 20. London, 2000. 128 pp. B/w illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Papers of an interesting colloquy including contributions on the Chinese imperial collection. In three sections; History of Collections
in Context, Interpretation and Display, Collecting for the Future.
591 Pijl-Ketel, C. et al: VAN KEIZERRIJK TOT VOLKSREPUBLIEK. From Empire to People’s Republic.
Mededelingenblad 123/124. Hague, 1986. 105 pp. 8 colour plates, 207 small b/w illustrations. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese porcelain of the last 150 years, held at the Gemeente Museum to commemorate the retirement
of Professor van Oort. Includes interesting articles by some of his former students. Of particular interest for the early 20th century
porcelains, including Hongxian examples. Dual texts in Dutch and English. Scarce.
592 Poberejsky Collection: I. COLLECTION DE M. J. POBEREJSKY, IMPORTANTE SUITE DE PIERRES
DURES DE LA CHINE. Appartenant a Divers Amateurs, Céramiques de la Chine.... Paris, 1928. 36 pp. text plus
14 b/w plates. 33x25 cm. Paper.
£10.00
A Hotel Drouot sale catalogue of 345 lots, mostly jade and hardstones from a private collection. The black-and-white plates mostly
illustrate fine jades and other hardstone objects, mainly Qing. Covers detached. In French.
593 Pope, John Alexander: CHINESE PORCELAINS FROM THE ARDEBIL SHRINE. London, 1981. xv, 194
pp. with many illustrations on 142 plates. Index. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
A definitive study of the large collection of Chinese porcelain deposited by Shah Abbas the Great in the Safavid Shrine at Ardebil, Persia in 1611. Second edition with additional footnotes and an extended bibliography. RBS 2:327.
594 Portal, Jane: KOREA. Art and Archaeology. London, 2000. 240 pp. 110 colour and 10 b/w illustrations. 25x19 cm.
Paper.
£15.99
A fully illustrated chronological account of the arts and archaeology of Korea from the Neolithic to the 20th century.
595 Qiao Xiaojun comp: ZHONGGUO MEISHUJIA RENMING BUYI CIDIAN. (Supplement to the Dictionary of
Chinese Artists). 中國美術家人名補遺辭典 。 喬曉軍 編著. Xi’an, 2004. 4, 90, 666, 116, 2 pp. Indexes. 27x20
cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Extensive supplement to Yu Jianhua’s ‘Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian’ (Shanghai, 1981) with corrections, supplementary material and, especially, an additional 11,691 artists, bringing the work as up to date as possible. Index of names and a most useful index
of studio names and sobriquets. Recommended. In Chinese only.
596 Qin Feng ed: QIN FENG LAO ZHAOPIAN GUAN: YI GE REN YU YI GE SHIDAI DE QINGGAN. (Qin
Feng’s Hall of Old Photographs: The Feelings of One Man and His Time). 秦風老照片館 ：
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一個人與一個時代的情感 。 秦風 編著. Guilin, 2007. 280 pp. B/w photographs throughout. 20x21 cm.
Wrappers.
£30.00
Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs dating from 1900 through to the early 1960s showing, through hundreds of
photographs of people from all walks of life, the life and history of China in the first half of the twentieth century. An interesting selection. In Chinese.
597 Qin Feng ed: XIYANG BANHUA YU BEIJING CHENG. Western Prints and Beijing City. 西洋版畫與北京城.
Chengdu, 2008. 237 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm. Wrappers.
£30.00
Divided into two main sections. The first focuses on the 1860 Anglo-French Expedition to Beijing which resulted in the burning of the
Yuanmingyuan. The second event depicted is the Boxer Rebellion and the Relief of the Legations by the Eight Nation Allied Army. The
prints illustrated come from numerous sources, including the Illustrated London News and Le Petit Journal. Dual texts
598 QINGDAI HUA SHI. (A History of Painting in the Qing Dynasty). 清代畫史. Shanghai, 1927. Various paginations
£60.00
of folded leaves. 6 vols. 20x14 cm. Stitched.
599 QINGZHU ZHONGGUO RENMIN JIEFANGJUN JIANJUN WUSHI ZHOU NIAN MEISHU ZUOPIN
XUAN. (A Selection of Works of Art to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Peoples
Liberation Army of China). 慶祝中國人民解放軍建軍五十周年美術作品選. Beijing, 1978. 3 pp. text booklet
plus 60 loose colour plates. English insert. 32x38 cm. Loose in cardboard folder.
£500.00
A fine Communist propaganda compilation produced in the immediate aftermath of the Cultural Revolution period, the Death of Mao
and the Fall of the Gang of Four. The 60 colour plates show various glorious battles and deeds in the 50 year history of the Peoples
Liberation Army (PLA) together with illustrations of selfless and model military behaviour. The plates also underline the primacy of
the role of Mao Zedong in the PLA’s history and success. It thus links the PLA inextricably with the legacy of Mao and seeks to underline the legitimacy of the PLA’s primary role in Chinese politics. The role of the PLA in Chinese politics and the legacy of Mao were
key political issues at the time that this compilation was produced. A further interesting aspect is how little Mao’s successor, Hua
Guofeng, features in the compilation — just three plates depict him. The PLA senior generals never truly accepted Hua Guofeng and
rapidly threw their lot in with their battle-hardened veteran comrade, Deng Xiaoping, following his rehabilitation just before Mao’s
death. The compilation thus demonstrates the sidelining and near irrelevance of Hua Guofeng. A fascinating tool for examining the
use of art in the Chinese politics of the time. On the artistic level, a good survey of the officially-sanctioned art and artists of the time.
Includes traditional Chinese paintings, oil paintings, woodblock prints, New Year prints and propaganda posters. The compilation is
complete with the 60 plates.
To assist with the identification of the plates (and to keep them in order!) we have numbered the list of
contents from 1-60 and numbered each plate on the back.
We also include an English translation of the titles of the plates, type of work and the artists. Main text in Chinese.
It is rare to find complete sets of these propaganda collections as plates were often removed to be individually displayed or removed
due to ‘incorrect political content’ brought about by changing political winds and propaganda campaigns. Also, with China moving
into a new political phase, many were thrown away or destroyed.
600 Qiu Pu: THE OROQENS. China’s Nomadic Hunters. Beijing, 1983. 125 pp. 16 pp. colour and b/w plates. Map.
26x19 cm. Paper.
£25.00
English-language account with much information on these nomadic peoples — one of China’s least populous ‘national minorities’ —
who inhabit the Greater and Lesser Hinggan ranges in Heilongjiang province.
601 Quong, Rose trans: CHINESE GHOST & LOVE STORIES. New York, 1946. 329 pp. B/w illustrations. 21x13
cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Forty ghost and love stories from various periods. Nice drawing/woodblock illustrations. Introduction by Martin Buber reprinted from
his German translation of stories from the Liaozhai.
602 Rague, Beatrix von: EIN CHINESISCHER KAISERTHRON. Die Pfirsische der Unsterblichkeit. Bilderheft der
Staatlichen Museen 40/41. Berlin, 1982. 88 pp. 68 plates and illustrations, 20 in colour. 23x17 cm. Paper. £20.00
A detailed study of a superb Chinese Imperial throne with accompanying folding screen, both from the 3rd quarter of the 17th century
and decorated with lacquer painting and mother-of-pearl inlay. In German.
603 Ralli Collection: CATALOGUE OF FINE CHINESE PORCELAIN, EUROPEAN POTTERY, TAPESTRIES,
ETC. The Pantia Ralli Collections. London, 1925. 35 pp. plus 2 col. & 10 b/w plates. 26x19 cm. Paper. £45.00
Sotheby sale catalogue of 324 lots, illustrating mainly Qing porcelain. Pantia Ralli lived at Ashtead Park in Surrey. The fine plates illustrate a variety of Chinese ceramics. With handwritten prices realized and buyers’ names. A scarce catalogue.
604 THE RALPH HARARI COLLECTION OF FINGER RINGS. London, 1976. 22 pp. 8 pp b/w illustrations.
23x15 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held in London of finger rings from the Harari collection. The rings date from early times through to the
17th and 18th centuries and come from many cultures. Includes Greek, Hellenistic and Sassanian material.
605 Rawson, Jessica: CHINESE JADE FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE QING. London, 1995. 528 pp. 350
colour and 250 b/w illustrations. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
Catalogue for the exhibition of Joseph Hotung’s collection held at the British Museum. Begins with an in-depth, up-to-date history of
Chinese jades and their interpretation, followed by a catalogue of the over 300 individual pieces.
606 Re, Arundel Del: CREATION MYTHS OF THE FORMOSAN NATIVES. Tokyo, 1931. 75 pp. 26 plates. 19x14
cm. Cloth.
£25.00
This brief preliminary account of some of the Formosan creation-myths is mainly concerned with those found in the Yami tribe on the
island of Botel-Tobago.
607 Ready, Oliver G: LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA. London, 1903. xii, 238 pp. 13 b/w plates. 23x15 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A sketch of how Europeans lived in China at the beginning of the 20th century — their amusements, their work, and those things which
were matters of daily interest to them. The author presents a precise account of his impressions based on 12 years residence in China.
Includes shooting, riding, balls, servants and tradesmen, sailing, jamborees ... and more! Covers life in Shanghai and Peking amongst
other places. A distinct period piece. A decent copy of a scarce work.
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608 Reischauer, Edwin O. and Fairbank, John: EAST ASIA. The Great Tradition. A History of East Asian Civilization
1. Boston, 1966. xiii, 737 pp. 97 illustrations, some maps. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A broad and interpretative account divided into the main geographical and cultural areas. More than half deals with the development
of China, a small section tells the story of Korea and the rest deals with Japan.
609 Richie, Donald: THE JAPANESE MOVIE. Tokyo, 1982. 212 pp. Numerous ills. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
The history of Japanese cinema, parallels with Western cinema, and a sociological analysis of the evolution of Japanese films. Revised
edition of a useful reference.
610 Riely, Celia Carrington: CHINESE ART. From the Cloud Sampler and Other Collections in the Everson Museum.
£35.00
New York, 1969. xiii, 188 pp. 77 plates, 6 in colour. Map, bibliography. 26x20 cm. Cloth.
Selection of 80 works from an excellent collection with a study of their history, based on original Chinese source material.
611 A RISING GREEN GREAT WALL. Construction of the Sanbei Shelter-Forest System. [Beijing], 1989. 174 pp.
Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth. Abrading to edges of covers.
£40.00
Very interesting photo-survey of the huge effort that has been undertaken in Northeast, Northern and Northwest China to try to prevent desert encroachment and to reforest areas stripped of their trees. Also formed part of the effort to reduce the spring sandstorms
of North China. Dual text in Chinese and English. Colour photographs throughout.
612 Rivera, Felix G: SUISEKI. The Japanese Art of Miniature Landscape Stones. Berkeley, 1997. 208 pp. 16 pages
colour and 50 b/w illustrations. Charts. 23x19 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Suiseki are stones that have naturally weathered into form suggestive of mountains, islands, and waterfalls. This book is a general introduction to suiseki and a source of detailed information. The author is founder of the California Suiseki Society.
613 Rogers, P. G: THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN JAPAN. The Story of Will Adams. London, 1956. xvi, 144 pp.
Map, bibliography, index. 8 b/w plates. 22x14 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£45.00
The life story of an Elizabethan seaman who rose to become an advisor to the Shogun in the 17th century. A good copy with dustjacket.
614 Rose-Innes, Arthur: BEGINNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CHINESE-JAPANESE CHARACTERS. With
Common Abbreviations, Variants and Numerous Compounds. London, 1942. xxii, 507, 25 pp. 18x11 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
615 Rossabi, Morris ed: CHINA AMONG EQUALS. The Middle Kingdom and its Neighbours, 10th-14th Centuries.
Berkeley, 1983. xi, 419 pp. Index. 23x16 cm. Cloth, dustjacket with fading.
£45.00
This book demonstrates that contrary to the long-accepted view of Chinese foreign policy, Chinese court officials were in fact far more
realistic and pragmatic than is commonly assumed.
616 Royal Academy of Arts: EXHIBITION OF ART CHIEFLY FROM THE DOMINIONS OF INDIA &
PAKISTAN. London, 1947-1948. 40 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 24x18 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Catalogue of a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. Loans from Indian and British museum collections plus some material from private sources. Illustrated with highlights from the exhibition, mainly sculpture and painting.
617 Royal Asiatic Society ed: CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1932. In the Library
of the Royal Asiatic Society. London, 1940. 541 pp. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
A scarce bibliography of this famous library.
618 Rudolph, Richard C: HAN TOMB ART OF WEST CHINA. A Collection of First and Second Century Reliefs.
Berkeley, 1951. ix, 67 pp. text. 100 b/w illustrations. Glossary, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
In collaboration with Wen Yu. Reproductions of rubbings of first and second century reliefs on stone, brick and tile. Hucker 1447.
619 Saso, Michael: HOMA RITES AND MANDALA MEDITATION IN TENDAI BUDDHISM. Sata-Pitaka series.
Indo-Asian Lit. New Delhi, 1991. 239 pp. 4 colour and 25 b/w plates & text ills. 28x22 cm. Cloth.
£42.00
A detailed manual for practice of the gradual path towards Tantric realisation, born from the meditations of the two great Mandalas
and passing to the process of kenotic union.
620 Sato, Masahiko & Murayama,: KO-SOMETSUKE. Tokyo, 1969. 161 pp. 32 tipped-in colour plates. Numerous
b/w plates. A number of b/w text illustrations. 29x28 cm. Cloth.
£70.00
Illustrates a fine selection of ko-sometsuke wares. Presumably held in Japanese collections. Text in Japanese.
621 Sayer, Geoffrey R: CHING-TE-CHEN T’AO-LU. Or the Potteries of China. London, 1951. xxiv, 139 pp.
Appendixes, index. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Originally published in 1815, the Taolu is considered as one of the three standard works on Chinese ceramics by native authors, the
other two being the Taoshuo and the Taoya. Translation with notes and introduction.
622 Schurmann, Herbert Franz: ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE YÜAN DYNASTY. Translation of Chapters
93 and 94 of the Yüan Shih. Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XVI. Cambridge, 1956. xviii, 253 pp. 3 maps,
bibliography. 26x17 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Each section is divided into two parts: a discussion of the subject followed by a translation of the Yüan Shi (History of the Yuan Dynasty), both extensively annotated. Hucker 412.
623 Schyns, Jos: ROMANS A LIRE ET ROMANS A PROSCRIRE. Critical and Literary Studies Vol. 1. Peiping,
1946. 297, 23 pp. 25x18 cm. Paper.
£40.00
An excellent handbook for 1940s Chinese fiction & drama, with short biographies of authors. Originally intended as ‘forbidden books’
guide for missionaries, but as with all ‘index librorum’ became sought-after for the wrong reasons. In French.
624 Scott, Rosemary ed: CHINESE COPPER RED WARES. Percival David Foundation Monographs 3. London,
1992. 96 pp. 59 illustrations, 34 in colour. 23x17 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Proceedings of a peripatetic seminar in London, Oxford & Paris, devoted to the subject of copper red wares. The result of individual
research and also of scholars approaching the various analytical and technological questions from different angles. With annotations.
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625 Segalen, Victor: THE GREAT STATUARY OF CHINA. Chicago, 1978. 192 pp. 59 plates. 22 drawings. 26x21
cm. Cloth.
£15.00
Based on three trips to China, in 1909, 1914, and 1917, this book is an extraordinary study of relatively inaccessible monuments of
Chinese stone sculpture.
626 Seikado Bunko: MASTERPIECES OF TEA UTENSILS FROM THE SEIKADO COLLECTION. Tokyo,
£45.00
2004. 244 pp. 110 pp. colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 25x18 cm. Paper.
Shows 142 of the finest tea wares and associated utensils from this excellent collection. Includes Chinese Song dynasty ceramics,
Japanese tea ceramics, iron kettles, lacquer tea holders, bamboo utensils. Colour illustrations, English captions. Text in Japanese.
627 Shandong Provincial Library ed: SHANDONG SHENG GUJI ZHONGDIAN BAOHU DANWEI (DI YI PI).
(Important Protected Rare Book Institutions in Shandong Province (Part One)). 山東省古籍
重點保擭單位（第一批）. Ji’nan, 2009. 152 pp. Colour photographs throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Lists a number of libraries, museums and other institutions in China’s Shandong province which are viewed as having important holdings of rare books. Ranges from the Shandong Museum and Shandong University Library through to small and little-known municipal museums and libraries. In Chinese.
628 Shandong Provincial Library ed: SHANDONG SHENG TUSHUGUAN CANG ZHENPIN TULU. (An
Illustrated Record of Treasures in the Shandong Provincial Library). 山東省圖書館藏珍品圖錄. Ji’nan, 2009. 254
pp. Colour plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Illustrates and describes the finest treasures from amongst the holdings of this important but little-published collection. A wide and
varied selection. In Chinese.
629 SHANGHAI MANHUA. Shanghai Sketch. 上海漫畫. Shanghai, 1996. c. 400; c. 400 pp. Colour and b/w
illustrations throughout. 2 vols. 39x27 cm. Cloth.
£190.00
‘Shanghai Sketch’ was a magazine published between 1928 and 1931, initially as a weekly and then fortnightly. A total of 110 editions
were produced with an average print run of 3000. Each edition was usually eight pages long, copiously illustrated throughout with
four-colour lithography and b/w cartoons and photographs. ‘Shanghai Sketch’ was preoccupied with the mores, issues and life of
Shanghai at the time. There was a satirical and humorous edge to the magazine. Viewing this work from the end of the 20th century,
‘Shanghai Sketch’ provides a direct insight into Shanghai popular culture in the late 1920s/early 30s. It is, moreover, an excellent reference of the graphic art and design of the time and a prime record of the art of the sketch that flourished during this period. This twovolume work reproduces all 110 editions of ‘Shanghai Sketch’ in their entirety and presents the opportunity to own a complete record
of a journal that is extremely hard to find in its original form. In Chinese only.
630 Shanghai Museum: SHANGHAI BOWUGUAN CANG QINGTONGQI. (The Ancient Chinese Bronze
Collection in the Shanghai Museum). Shanghai, 1964. 106 pp. 100 col. plates. 2 vols. 38x31 cm. Cloth. £300.00
100 magnificent colour plates depicting bronzes from the Shang, Western Zhou, Jin and Han periods in the Shanghai Museum. With
the bronzes now finely displayed in the new Museum building, this remains the definitive record of an important collection. In Chinese.
631 Shanghai Museum ed: RUIDIAN YINQI WUBAI NIAN. Five Centuries of Swedish Silver. 瑞典銀器五百年.
Shanghai, 2007. 181 pp. Colour plates throughout. A few colour text illustrations. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. £60.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Shanghai Museum showing fine examples of Swedish silver from the collection of the Rohsska Museum in Goteborg. The 120 exhibits date from the 16th to 21st centuries. All objects illustrated. Dual texts in Chinese and English.
632 Shanghai Museum ed: SHANGHAI BOWUGUAN CANG HUA. (Paintings in the Shanghai Museum).
上海博物館藏畫. Shanghai, 1965. 100 tipped-in plates in colour. 55x40 cm. Cloth.
£300.00
Very large work containing excellent reproductions of Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern paintings in the Shanghai Museum. The
captions give the title and artist, the medium and size of the painting, a brief biography of the artist, comments on style. In Chinese.
Laing p. 20. 1965 reprint of the 1959 original.
633 Shanghai Museum ed: SHANGHAI BOWUGUAN: ZHONGGUO GUDAI QINGTONG GUAN. Shanghai
Museum Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery. 上海博物館 ： 中國古代青銅館. Shanghai, n.d. 48 pp. Colour
illustrations throughout. 29x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A guide to the excellent bronze collection of the Shanghai Museum. In English and Chinese.
634 Shanghai Museum ed: ZHONGGUO SHUHUAJIA YINJIAN KUANSHI. (Chinese Artists’ Seals and
Signatures). Beijing, 1987. 1635 pp. Many illustrations. 2 vols. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Illustrates 23,000 seals and signatures of over 1200 Chinese artists from all periods. Basically resembles Contag-Wang’s book, but with
many more seals and the added advantage of reproductions of signatures. A major reference work. In Chinese. Out-of-print.
635 Shao Yichen; Shao Zhang ed: ZENGDING SIKU JIANMING MULU BIAOZHU. (Annotations on Editions of
Books Listed in the Abridged Catalogue of the Siku Collection: Augmented Edition). 贈丁四庫簡明目錄標注 。
邵懿辰 撰； 邵章 續錄. Beijing, 1979. 1185 pp. Appendixes, indexes. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
Reissue of the Beijing 1959 edition. Abridged version of the Siku catalogue with notes by Shao; with additional notes by his contemporaries and supplementary notes notes by Shao Zhang. Author and title indexes in the 4-corner system. In Chinese. Tsien 820.
636 She Xiaojun: SHAANBEI MINSU XIAO SHI SHI. (Small Stone Lions from Northern Shaanxi).
陝北民俗小石獅 。 折曉軍 著. Beijing, 2008. 4, 193 pp. Colour illustrations. 26x18 cm. Wrappers.
£25.00
A copiously-illustrated study of the small carved stone lions found as part of the folk art tradition of northern Shaanxi province in China.
The carvings are obviously derived from the more impressive stone and bronze guardian lions found flanking entrance doors to temples and palaces. They serve as guardians against evil spirits. A large selection is shown. In Chinese.
637 Shenzhen Museum ed: SHENMI DE GU SHU WANGGUO: SANXINGDUI JINSHA WENWU ZHENZHAN.
The Mysterious Ancient State of Shu: Cultural Relics from Sanxingdui and Jinsha. 神祕的古蜀王國 ：
三星堆金沙文物珍展. Beijing, 2009. 219 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 36x26 cm. Wrappers. £80.00
Large format catalogue of a major exhibition at Shenzhen Museum in China showing the amazing finds of bronzes, gold and jade from
the excavations at Sanxingdui and Jinsha in Sichuan province. Illustrated in large colour plates. Text in Chinese.
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638 Shi Fan ed: THE STAMPS OF CHINA 1878-1981. Beijing, 1983. 148 pp. Numerous illustrations in colour. 26x19
cm. Paper.
£20.00
This album presents a selection of the finer stamps of 1878 to 1949, the main stamps issued between 1949 and 1980, and all those issued in 1981. Over 140 sets of commemorative and special stamps are collected.
639 Shi Nai’an & Luo Guanzhong: THE TIGER KILLERS. Part Two of the Marshes of Mount Liang. Hong Kong,
£25.00
1997. c. 450 pp. 21x14 cm. Paper.
Second volume of a new translation of the ‘Shuihu Zhuan’ by John and Alex Dent-Young. This volume contains some of the most famous scenes in the classic novel — Wu Song’s drunken binge and (bare-handed) battle with a tiger, his flirtation with Golden Lotus.
640 Shosoin Office ed: CERAMIC OBJECTS IN THE SHOSOIN. Tokyo, 1971. xx, 331 pp. 184 plates, 33 in colour,
numerous illustrations, text-figures and tables. 31x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£125.00
An important monograph on 176 early ceramic pieces with an introduction to the history of Shosoin, the treasure house from the 8th
century, notes on individual objects and a list of plates in English. One small ex-libris stamp on Japanese title page. Main text in
Japanese. Scarce.
641 Shu Chiung: THE MOST FAMOUS BEAUTY OF CHINA. Yang Kuei-Fei. New York, 1924. xv, 117 pp. 8 plates,
3 colour tipped-in. 21x14 cm. Decorative cloth.
£35.00
A partially fictionalised biography of the famous courtesan. She lived in the Tang period and for over twenty years was the mistress
of the emperor Xuanzong, some would say contributing to the ultimate demise of his rule. Nice copy.
642 Shu Zhimei ed: THE UNEARTHED CULTURAL RELICS FROM LEI GU DUN, SUI ZHOU, HU BEI
PROVINCE. Hong Kong, 1984. 104 pp. 77 pieces illustrated, 33 in colour. 29x21 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Exhibition organised by the Hubei Provincial Museum and the China Resources Artland Company Ltd. of bronzes, jade and lacquer.
Contents: Tombs of the Warring States Period in Leigudun and Suizhou, and Gems of Ancient Music.
643 Sievers, Wilhelm: ASIEN. Eine Allgemeine Landeskunde. Leipzig, 1893. viii, 661 pp. 156 text-illustrations, 14
maps and 22 plates, 8 in chromolithography. 26x18 cm. Half-leather, scuffed at edges.
£150.00
An extensive account of the various parts of Asia. The colour lithographs are charming and in very good condition. In German.
644 Silbergeld, Jerome & Gong Jisui: CONTRADICTIONS. Artistic Life, the Socialist State and the Chinese Painter
Li Huasheng. Seattle, 1993. xxii, 242 pp. 118 plates and illustrations Notes, index. 28x24 cm. Cloth.
£35.00
The fullest and most sympathetic study of a recent Chinese artist. Through extensive interviews with the ‘uncompromising individualist’ Li, and other artists and officials of the time, the authors have succeeded in producing an eye-opening account of modern & ancient Chinese painting.
645 Singh, Madanjeet: HIMALAYAN ART. Wall-Painting and Sculpture in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti. Greenwich,
1968. 295 pp. 140 colour plates. 33 figures, 1 map. 34x26 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Also includes Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. A fine well-illustrated study.
646 Sirén, Osvald: HISTOIRE DE LA PEINTURE CHINOISE 1-2. Annales du Musée Guimet, NS 4. Paris, 1934.
x, 116; 171 pp. 226 plates. 2 vols. 33x23 cm. Original boards with the wrappers.
£300.00
I: From the Han to the beginning of the Song period. II: From the Song to the end of Yuan period. Independent volumes in the series
Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine. A standard reference on Chinese painting. In French. With Osvald Siren’s signature to the title
pages of both volumes. Ex-libris Dr. Franco Vannotti. A good set.
647 Society for Japanese Art and Crafts: MEIJI: JAPANESE ART IN TRANSITION. The Hague, 1987. 167 pp.
Glossary, bibliography. 279 illustrations, 48 in colour. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£25.00
A exhibition of ceramics, cloisonné, lacquer, prints, illustrated books, drawings and paintings from the Meiji period (1868-1912), held
at the Haags Gemeentemuseum, March 21th-May 24th, 1987.
648 Song Ci: CHONGKAN BUZHU XIYUAN LU JIZHENG. (Reprinted and Annotated Edition of The Washing
Away of Wrongs). 重刊補註洗冤錄集證 。 宋慈. N.p., 1847. 6 juan bound into one western-style case: [Lacking
prelims.], [first juan] 3-65 [lacking two leaves], 71, 56, 25, 60, 2, 5, 18, 19, 2, 2, 20 folded leaves. 13 fullpage and
1 small text illustrations. 32x15 cm. Half leather. Marbled boards.
£1,200.00
Written by Song Ci (1186-1249). Late Qing edition of a work first published in 1247 and highly important as the oldest extant work
on forensic medicine by any civilization.
This copy is missing the main cover page, prelims and leaves 1-2 of juan 1. Otherwise complete in 6 juan. Interesting as a well-produced example of Qing period woodblock ‘taoyin ben’ multiblock printing, there are four colours in all: black woodblock printed text
with surtexts in red, blue and yellow inks. Bound western-style. See Balazs: ‘Sung Bibliography’ p.186; ‘Celestial Lancets’ p.307-.
649 Sotheby & Co: CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS,
LACQUER, CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND WORKS OF ART REMAINING AFTER BEQUESTS TO
MUSEUMS. The Property of the Late Mrs. Walter Sedgwick. London, 1968. 77 pp. text plus 3 pp. colour and 43
pp. b/w plates 25x16 cm. Paper.
£35.00
Auction catalogue of the Sotheby’s sale of part of this wonderful collection which includes superb objects in many media, not least the
famous Chenghua chicken cup from the Eumorfopoulos Collection, seven other Chenghua ceramic pieces and other early Ming wares.
650 Sotheby’s: CATALOGUE OF AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN. The Property
of the late Sir Alfred Ackroyd. London, 1966. 82 pp. text plus 66 pp. b/w plates. 24x18 cm. Paper.
£45.00
Sotheby’s sale catalogue of 232 lots from the very fine collection of Sir Alfred Ackroyd. The collection was particularly strong in Qing
porcelains, particularly Kangxi pieces (an important assembly) including numerous figurines, dishes and bowls. Also a fine selection
of monochromes. The majority of pieces are illustrated in black-and-white. A scarce catalogue and a useful reference on the porcelain
of the Kangxi period. Price annotations plus names of buyers.
651 Sotheby’s: ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART, CARPETS AND TEXTILES. London, 1982. 294 pp. Numerous colour
and b/w plates. 30x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
large catalogue of a large auction of Islamic art held at Sotheby’s on 12th and 13th October 1982. Many extremely fine objects, welldescribed and illustrated. A total of 374 lots.
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652 Soulie de Morant, George: L’ACUPONCTURE CHINOISE. Paris, 1939-41. 300; 274 pp. 94 plates and
illustrations, some in colour. 2 vols. 28x23 cm. Wrappers.
£200.00
Volume 1: L’Energie (Points, Meridiens, Circulation); 2: Le Maniement de l’Energie. The rare standard work on acupuncture.
653 Soymie, Michel ed: NOUVELLES CONTRIBUTIONS AUX ETUDES SUR TOUEN-HOUANG.
(Contributions to Dunhuang Studies). Hautes Etudes Orientales 17. Geneva, 1981. 329 pp. plus 44 pp. b/w plates.
25x17 cm. Paper.
£40.00
13 essays on various aspects of Dunhuang studies. Much on the manuscripts found at Dunhuang. In French.
654 Spence, Jonathan D: GOD’S CHINESE SON. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. London and
New York, 1996. xxvii, 400 pp. 21 illustrations and 11 maps. Notes, bibliography, index. 24x16 cm. Cloth.£20.00
With a scholar’s love of detail, a cinematic eye for colour, and an evident passion for dramatic narrative.
655 Ssu-ma Ch’ien; Cheng Tsai-fa, trans: THE GRAND SCRIBE’S RECORDS VOLUME II. The Basic Annals of
Han China. Bloomington, 2002. lxv, 341 pp. 5 maps. 23x16 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
Part II of the first complete translation of the classic work on Chinese history by the Han dynasty scholar, to be completed in nine volumes (publication ongoing). Edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., professor of Chinese at Wisconsin.
656 Stein, Aurel: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOUR IN THE ANCIENT PERSIS. Iraq Vol. 3:2. London, 1936. pp.
111-230. 30 plates, 20 plans & maps, 1 folding & in colour. 28x20 cm. Original wrappers, frayed & torn. £85.00
An account of an archaeological survey by Stein, carried out through a great portion of the Iranian Province of Fars between November
1933 and May 1934.
657 Steinilber-Oberlin, E: THE BUDDHIST SECTS OF JAPAN. Their History, Philosophical Doctrines and
Sanctuaries. London, 1938. 303 pp. 4 plates. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£60.00
A description of the various Japanese sects of Buddhism approached through interviews with priests of the various sects who outline
their particular views. Silberman 626. A scarce and valuable study.
658 Su Siyi ed: SHAOLINSI SHIKE YISHU. Stone Carvings at Shaolin Temple. 少林寺石刻藝術 。 蘇思義 編.
Beijing, 1985. 1, 6, 2, 8 pp. 108 b/w illustrations. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Illustrates rubbings dating from the Tang to the Qing dynasties from numerous sculptures and stelae at this important Daoist temple
noted for its teaching of martial arts. One page abstract in English. Main text in Chinese.
659 Sullivan, Michael: THE ARTS OF CHINA. Fourth Edition, Revised and Expanded. Berkeley, 1999. 342 pp. 214
b/w illustrations, 168 colour illustrations. 14 maps. 25x22 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
For this fourth edition of his classic history of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the 1990s, Michael Sullivan has drawn on the
archaeological discoveries in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Research on more recent dynasties has also led him to fresh
interpretations of well-documented historical events and artworks. This edition has over 300 illustrations.
660 Sullivan, Michael: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART. London, 1961. 212 pp. text. 151 b/w illustrations,
5 colour plates, 5 maps. Bibliography, index. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£15.00
A chronological history of Chinese art.
661 Sullivan, Michael: THE MEETING OF EASTERN AND WESTERN ART. From the Sixteenth Century to the
Present Day. Berkeley, 1998. 320 pp. Illustrations. 25x17 cm. Paper.
£20.00
A revised and expanded edition. A discourse of four centuries of exciting interaction between the artists of China and Japan and the
artists of Western Europe. New in paperback.
662 Sun Shi & Zhang Lin: QING SUN SHI ZHANG LIN HUI SHUIHU RENWU TUZHUAN. Chinese-English
Illustrated Biographies of Characters in Outlaws of the Marsh. 清孫石張琳繪水湖人物圖傳 。 孫石 張琳 繪.
Beijing, 2009. 228 pp. Full page colour and duotone illustrations. 32x35 cm. Stitched.
£120.00
Fine facsimile reproduction of two unique Qing dynasty painted works. The first is ‘Biographies of Characters in Outlaws of the
Marsh’ illustrated with 108 illustrations painted in the baimiao style (black-and-white calligraphic style painting) by Sun Shi. This work
at one time was owned by the connoisseur Zheng Zhenduo and is now held in the National Library of China. The second work is ‘Biographies of Characters in Outlaws of the Marsh’ painted in the gongbi style by Zhang Lin. This too comprises 108 exquisite colour
paintings and is a major treasure in the Nanjing Library collection. The two are here shown in the one volume with Zhang Lin’s work
being accompanied by an English translation to each illustration giving information on the character depicted. List of contents to the
first work by Sun Shi and a general introduction also in English. Main text in Chinese.
663 Sun Zi: SONGBEN SHIYIJIA ZHU SUNZI. (Facsimile of a Song Dynasty Work: Commentary by Eleven Authors
on Sunzi). 宋本十一家註孫子 。 孫武 撰. Shanghai, 1978. Various paginations of folded leaves. 4 vols. 27x18 cm.
Stitched, cloth case.
£70.00
Facsimile of the Southern Song original edition of this work held in the Shanghai Library. Introduction by Guo Huaruo. In Chinese.
664 Suzuki Takashi: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 2 — LI TANG, MA YUAN, AND XIA GUI. Tokyo, 1978. 196
pp. including 3 pp. English plate captions. 128 plates, 29 in colour. Many text-figs. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 2 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings. This volume is on the three early Chinese painters, who formed
all important school of paintings in China.
665 Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro: THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA. A Mahayana Text. London, 1932. xlix, 300 pp.
Frontispiece, folding chart. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Translated for the first time from the original Sanskrit. First edition.
666 Swann, Peter C et al ed: ORIENTAL ART MAGAZINE, OLD SERIES 1-3: NEW SERIES 1-37. London,
1948-51 & 1955-91. c. 5,600 pp. Numerous plates and illustrations. 158 vols. 30x25 cm. Paper.
£2,500.00
Comprehensive run of Oriental Art Magazine comprising the 3 volumes of the Old Series (1948-1951) and volumes 1 to 37 of the New
Series (1955-1991) as originally issued. Includes the ‘difficult-to-find’ years from the mid ‘60s to the early ‘70s — with the exception
of Spring 1964 and Summer 1965.
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667 Takeda Tsuneo: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 9 — TOHAKU — YUSHO. (Great collection of inkpaintings, Vol.
9: Tohaku and Yusho). Tokyo, 1977. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 9 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings.
668 Tam, Lawrence intro: THE WONDERS OF THE POTTER’S PALETTE. Qing Ceramics From the Collection
of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Hong Kong, 1984. 221 pp. text in English & Chinese. 153 colour illustrations.
30x23 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
An exhibition organised for the Ninth Festival of Asian Arts in Hong Kong. Exhibits include illustrations of the potter’s seals.
669 Tamamura: CHARACTERISTIC JAPAN. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun. Kobe, n.d. (c.
1900) Title page plus 18 full page hand-coloured photographs with captions in English. 18x42 cm. Stitched.
Japanese-style. Silk patterned covers.
£1,300.00
Eighteen hand-coloured panorama-style photographs by the well-known Japanese photographer, Tamamura.
The majority of the photographs (15) in landscape format measuring 11.5 x 29 cm. The last three in portrait format measuring 29 x
11.5 cm. The subject matter ranges from scenery, temples and gardens to geisha girls. The covers in a green silk with a floral pattern.
Bound Japanese-style with ribbons. The front cover embroidered with the outlines of a snow-covered volcano and a winding river. Some
wear to the edges. The covers retaining decent colour with some wear to the edges. Internally fine. Very rare. The first time we have
seen this work.
670 Tan Qixiang et al. ed: ZHONGGUO LISHI DITU JI. The Historical Atlas of China. 中國歷史地圖集 。 譚其驤
主編. Beijing, 1996. Various paginations. c. 110 pp. per volume. Colour maps throughout. 8 vols. 27x19 cm.
Boards.
£80.00
An extremely useful historical atlas of China in 8 volumes from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty. With useful indices of contemporary place names. Maps and indices in Chinese. Legends and associated texts in English and Chinese.
671 Tanabe Hisao: JAPANESE MUSIC. Tokyo, 1936. 33 pp. 9 plates. 27x20 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Translated by Shigeyoshi Sakabe. The contents include history, Gagaku, musical scales, Shakuhachi and Koto and Samisen music.
672 Tanaka Atsushi et al: SHAJITSU NO KEIFU III: MEIJI CHUKI NO YOGA. Realistic representation III:
Painting in Japan 1884-1907. Tokyo, 1988. 193 pp. 5 b/w illustrations and 103 in colour. 26x19 cm. Paper.£20.00
Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of Western-style oil paintings from the mid-Meiji period following the opening of Japan, held at
the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. It is interesting to note and speculate on the western influences. 22 pages English text,
otherwise Japanese.
673 Tanaka Ichimatsu: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 1 — HAKUBYOGA KARA SUIBOKUGA E NO TENKAI.
(Great collection of inkpaintings, Vol. 1: From sketches to inkpaintings). Tokyo, 1977. 27x20 cm. Cloth. £75.00
Volume 1 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings.
674 Tanaka Ichimatsu: SUIBOKU BIJUTSU TAIKEI 5 — KAO — MOKUAN — MINCHO. (Great collection of
inkpaintings, Vol. 5: Kao, Mokuan and Mincho). Tokyo, 1978. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Volume 5 in the series on Chinese and Japanese ink and brush paintings.
675 Tang Hsiaen-Dsu (Tang Xianzhu): DER BLUMENGARTEN. Ein Chinesisches Singspiel in Deutscher Sprache
von Vincenz Hundhausen. Peking, 1933. 138 pp. B/w frontispiece and 6 fullpage b/w illustrations from woodblock
prints. 27x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
£30.00
Comprises a translation of the Peony Pavilion. Published in Peking in the 1930s. A very nicely-produced item in excellent condition.
In German.
676 Teiser, Stephen F: THE GHOST FESTIVAL IN MEDIEVAL CHINA. Princeton, 1988. xvii, 275 pp. 24x16 cm.
Cloth.
£30.00
The history of the ghost festival illustrates the process by which Buddhism was transformed in medieval times and later diffused
throughout the entire fabric of Chinese society.
677 Tian Jiaqing: CLASSIC CHINESE FURNITURE OF THE QING DYNASTY. London, 1996. 308 pp. Over
350 colour & b/w photographs and illustrations. 31x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
A definite study brings together for the first time finest of classical furniture both in the Ming and Qing style of the period. By a student of Wang Shixiang, the current expert on Chinese furniture. Translated from Chinese.
678 Tokyo Doll School: THE WORLD OF JAPANESE DOLLS. Tokyo, 1962. 115 pp. 10 colour plates. Text plans
and diagrams. Large pattern loosely inserted. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
Written by doll-makers for doll-makers, with instructions and patterns for making 14 models of varying complexity. The Tokyo Doll
School was founded in 1952 and conducts most of its worldwide tuition by correspondence.
679 Tokyo National Museum: A HUNDRED MASTERPIECES OF CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE
PERCIVAL DAVID COLLECTION, LONDON. Tokyo, 1980. 168 pp. 102 plates, 37 in colour. 7 b/w illustrations
of marks. Map, bibliography. 25x21 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Travelling exhibition in Japan of this celebrated collection. Text in Japanese and some English.
680 Tokyo National Museum: UKIYO-E PRINTS. Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum, Volume 1-3.
Tokyo, 1971. 96, 66, 70 pp. 3,926 prints illustrated in b/w. (6 in colour). 3 vols. 26x19 cm. Cloth.
£350.00
A detailed record of a superb collection. Includes descriptions and reproductions of the entire collection of prints owned by the Tokyo
National Museum. In English and Japanese.
681 Tong Yihua: ZHONGGUO LIDAI TAOCI KUANSHI HUIJI. (Marks on Chinese Porcelain Throughout the
Ages). 中國歷代陶瓷款識彙集 。 童依華 著. Hong Kong, 1984. 199 pp. 90 plates, 28 colour illustrations.
Chronological table & bibliography. 26x20 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Profusely-illustrated discussion of porcelain marks (text in Chinese), with sections on imperial marks, makers’ marks, marks on utensils, verses and lucky charms found on porcelain and false marks amongst others. Out-of-print. In Chinese.
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682 Tregear, Mary: SONG CERAMICS. London, 1982. 262 pp. 317 illustrations, 42 in colour, 35 maps and figures.
Bibliography & index. 33x29 cm. Cloth.
£250.00
A comprehensive account of the origins, development and legacy of the Song ceramic tradition, with a detailed survey of the individual kiln groups that produced the principal wares of the period. A scarce standard reference. Near mint clean copy with dustjacket.
683 Trubner, Henry: CHINESE CERAMICS FROM THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD THROUGH CH’IENLUNG. A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. Los Angeles, 1952. 119 pp. 272 illustrations.
Map. Bibliography. 27x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
An excellent catalogue, now quite scarce, of an exhibition featuring some 380 good examples of which the majority are illustrated.
684 Ts’ai Chin-chung: QINGDAI SHUHUAJIA ZIHAO YINDE. Index to the Fancy Names of the Calligraphers and
Painters of the Ch’ing Dynasty. Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series No. 21. Peking, 1934. xxxii,
179 pp. 26x18 cm. Paper.
£25.00
685 Tsang, Gerald et al: TRADITION AND INNOVATION. Twentieth Century Chinese Painting. Hong Kong, 1995.
408 pp. 137 works illustrated in colour. Index. 36x27 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
Catalogue in English and Chinese of a major exhibition of Chinese paintings from Wu Chuangshuo to Liu She, at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and also other overseas museums. Essays by Chu-tsing Li, Lang Shaojun, Lu Fusheng, Shui Tianzhong, Wang Bomin, and
Wu Guangzhong.
686 Tsuji Nobuo: SENGOKU JIDAI KANO-HA NO KENKYU: KANO MOTONOBU O CHUSHIN TO SHITE.
Study on the Early Kanô School: Motonobu and his Family of Painters. Tokyo, 1994. 8, 356, 12 pp. Plus 36 pp. of
plates, including 4 colour. 277 b/w text illustrations (chiefly photographic). Bibliography, index. 31x22 cm.
Cloth.
£70.00
Very thorough study of the early Kanô school — focusing on Motonobu (1476-1559) — with good apparatus. Mint ex-library copy with
one stamp only. Title page and contents in English, otherwise Japanese only.
687 Tsukamoto Zenryu: A HISTORY OF EARLY CHINESE BUDDHISM. From Its Introduction to the Death of Huiyuan. Tokyo, 1985. xvii, 1305 pp. Appendixes, notes, bibliography and index. 2 vols. 26x18 cm. Cloth. £120.00
Japan’s foremost authority on Chinese religion traces Buddhism from its origins in India and its confrontations with Taoism and Confucianism to the reforms of the monk Hui-yuan. A most detailed study and reference.
688 Umezawa Gallery: THE SPRING EXHIBITION: THE CHINESE CERAMICS OF ENAMELLED WARE
IN THE MING. Mei no Akae. Tokyo, 1972. 4 pp. text, 2 pp. English captions 57 b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates.
26x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Fine wares illustrated predominantly in black-and-white. Text in Japanese. List of English captions.
689 Umezawa Gallery: THE SUMMER EXHIBITION: UMEZAWA GALLERY. Tokyo, 1968. 5 pp. text, 2 pp.
English captions 67 b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates. 26x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Illustrated catalogue of a summer exhibition of late Ming Chinese ceramics and of Chinese and Japanese paintings and calligraphy.
Japanese text with a list of exhibits in English.
690 University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong: TIANDI ZAOHUA: HEAVENLY CREATIONS.
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Anthony Cheung, Humphrey Hui, Po-ming Kwong, Tuyet Nguyet
and Christopher Sin. 天地造化. Hong Kong, 2006. 223 pp. Numerous colour plates throughout. 30x24 cm.
Cloth.
£65.00
Catalogue of an exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, showing snuff bottles from five Hong
Kong collections. Illustrated throughout showing hundreds of snuff bottles. Introductory essays and descriptive texts in both Chinese
and English.
691 Vaincker, Shelagh: CHINESE PAINTINGS IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD. Oxford, 2000. 253
pp. Colour and b/w plates throughout. 25x19 cm. Cloth.
£27.95
Well-illustrated survey of the Qing dynasty and 20th century Chinese paintings in the Museum’s collection. Excludes the Reyes Collection of modern Chinese paintings which was published separately.
692 Vainker, Shelagh and James Lin: PU QUAN AND HIS GENERATION. Imperial Painters in Twentieth Century
China. Oxford, 2005. 96 pp. Paper.
£12.95
Pu Quan (1913-1991) was born into the last generation of the Qing imperial family, a cousin of Pu Yi. he taught at Furen University
and became a founding member of the Beijing Academy of Painting. This is the catalogue at the Ashmolean Museum covering all periods and styles of Pu Quan’s career, from traditional ‘bird and flower’ work to landscape, and touching on a number of later contemporaries, particularly Pu Songchuang, whose work is here publicly exhibited for the first time.
693 Vandermeersch, Leon: LA FORMATION DU LEGISME: RECHERCHE SUR LA CONSTITUTION D’UNE
PHILOSOPHIE POLITIQUE CARACTERISTIQUE DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE. (The Formation of
Legalism: Research on the Constitution of a Political Philosophy Characteristic of Ancient China). Publications de
l’Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient Vol. LVI. Paris, 1965. 299, 1 pp. 28x20 cm. Paper.
£30.00
Uncut copy. In French.
694 Waley, Arthur: THE PILLOW-BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON. New York, n.d. (1928) 162 pp. 18x12 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A translation of about a quarter of this work describing life in 10th-century Japan. First American edition.
695 Waltham, Clae: SHU CHING. Book of History. London, 1972. xvii, 277 pp. Map, appendix, chronological table,
bibliography, index. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£20.00
A modernised edition of the translation of James Legge.
696 Wang Bo: TANG HUIYAO. (Annals of the Tang Dynasty). 唐會要 。 王薄 撰. Shanghai, 1955. 1, 1, 1, 23, 1804
pp. 3 vols. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£50.00
Detailed account of the history of the Tang dynasty compiled from Chinese historical archives. In Chinese.
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697 Wang Bomin ed: MINGJIA DIANPING DASHI JIAZUO ZHONGGUOHUA. The Masters Reviewing the
Masterpieces of Traditional Chinese Painting. 名家 點評 大師 佳作 中國畫 。 王 伯敏 主編. N.p., 1998. 283 pp.
£55.00
130 colour plates. 30x25 cm. Cloth.
126 paintings from the Han Dynasty to the present day are here assessed and appreciated by various Chinese scholars and connoisseurs. Many of the paintings from the collection of the National Palace Museum. Good colour plates. In Chinese only.
698 Wang Fang-chuen: CHINESE FREE-HAND FLOWER PAINTING. Beijing, 1937. v, 131 pp. 67 plates. 27x20
cm. Cloth. Wear to spine and edges.
£50.00
An excellent discourse on Chinese painting, far more scholarly than the title implies. With much information on the then contemporary painting scene, including schools and artists. Scarce.
699 Wang Gungwu: THE STRUCTURE OF POWER IN NORTH CHINA DURING THE FIVE DYNASTIES.
Stanford, 1967. 257 pp. Appendix, index, bibliography. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Puts forward the view that the era of the Five Dynasties represented a watershed in Chinese history — the end of the aristocratic
order and the emergence of a new literati class. First published in 1963 by the University of Malaya Press.
700 Wang Hong comp: ZHEN CAO HUDU DA ZIDIAN. (Cross-referenced Dictionary of Regular Script and Cursive
Script Calligraphy). 真草互讀大字典 。 王宏 編. Beijing, 1997. 10, 1416, 23 pp. Reproductions of character
forms throughout. 27x19 cm. Cloth.
£40.00
A comprehensive dictionary of cursive forms which (at last!) allows the reader to look up a character based on the actual cursive form,
by arranging the characters according to 75 distinct ‘starting’ (qi) elements. The cursive characters are reproduced from actual documents, although these are not attributed. A further index of regular forms leads to differently categorised cursive versions for the same
regular character. Far more useful than other dictionaries of cursive script. In Chinese.
701 Wang Rencong: XINCHU LIDAI XIYIN JILU. (A Record of Newly-Excavated Seals). 新出歷代璽印集錄 。
王人聰 編. Hong Kong, 1982. 147 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. 28x21 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Catalogue of an exhibition showing seals from various dynasties recently excavated at sites in China. Illustrated throughout with impressions of seals, rubbings of seal bodies and the seals themselves. The photography and illustration is adequate but not of the highest order. In Chinese.
702 Wang Shixiang: CLASSIC CHINESE FURNITURE. Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. London, 1986. 328 pp. 332
plates and illustrations in colour, 187 in b/w; 52 drawings. Glossary, index 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£90.00
An important publication by China’s foremost furniture historian, lavishly illustrated in colour and black-and-white and with 52 diagrams of furniture construction. Most of the objects have not appeared in publication before.
703 Wang Shixiang: CONNOISSEURSHIP OF CHINESE FURNITURE. Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. Chicago,
1990. 226, 190 pp. Numerous text-figures, 359 plates & ills. Glossary, index. 2 vols. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £110.00
The most extensive scholarly study of Chinese furniture so far published. These two well-illustrated volumes sum up the results of a
lifetime’s research into the subject. Wang is the major Chinese expert on the subject of Chinese furniture.
704 Wang Shucun comp: ZHONGGUO MINJIAN NIANHUASHI TULU. (Illustrated History of Chinese Woodcut
Prints). Beijing, 1991. 41, [11], 1-434; [14], 438-841 pp. 872 b/w plates. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
From Han dynasty line drawings and rubbings to modern Tibetan popular prints, this fully-captioned reference work presents a comprehensive visual history of the Chinese woodcut print, a fantastically varied art form, unjustly neglected in the West. Well illustrated.
In Chinese.
705 Wang Wenzhang ed: MEI LANFANG FANG MEI JINGJU TUPU. A Collection of Illustrative Plates of Beijing
Opera Performed During Mei Lanfang’s Visit to the United States. 梅蘭芳訪美京劇圖譜 。 王文章 主編. Beijing,
2009. 402 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. A number of col. & b/w photographs. 32x24 cm. Boards. £90.00
Reproduces the majority of Peking Opera paintings done before Mei Lanfang’s acclaimed tour of America in 1930. The colour paintings were done to determine the costumes and accessories to be used in performances during the tour. The originals are held in the
collection of the Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera, now part of the Art Academy of China. The paintings range in content from
Peking opera masks, costumes and illustration of figures performing to head-dresses, accessories and weapons. Hundreds of illustrations shown. A delightful and hitherto unknown and unpublished aspect of the art related to this iconic Chinese cultural figure. Near
dual texts in English and Chinese
706 Wang Yuchi ed: ZHONGGUO SHUFA ZHUANKE JIANSHANG CIDIAN. (A Dictionary on the
Connoisseurship of Chinese Calligraphy and Seals). 中國書法篆刻鑒賞辭典 。 王玉池 主編. Beijing, 1989. 8,
41, 1281 pp. 8 pp. colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. 19x14 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Very detailed dictionary on Chinese calligraphy and seals across the ages. Includes famous calligraphers, seal carvers, their work,
famous engraved steles and much more. In Chinese.
707 Ware, James R. trans: THE SAYINGS OF CHUANG CHOU. Taibei, 1964. 240 pp. 19x13 cm. Boards. £15.00
A translation of the sayings of this early Chinese philosopher. Taiwan edition.
708 Warner, Langdon: JAPANESE GARDENS. New York, 1947. 13 pp. text and 18 pp. b/w plates. 22x15 cm. Paper.
£10.00
709 Warner, Langdon & Jayne, Horace ed: EASTERN ART, AN ANNUAL, VOLUME 2. Philadelphia, 1930. 246 pp.
Many plates & illustrations, some in colour. 31x23 cm. Half-cloth.
£20.00
Different articles, among them — Peasant Paintings of Otsu, Japan; Korai Celadon in America; Contemporary Cambodian Art; Indian Miniatures in German Museums & Private Collections, Early Indian Architecture etc.
710 Wästfelt, Berit & Bo Gyllensvärd et al: OSTINDIEFARAREN GOTHEBORGS PORSLINSLAST. (Porcelain
from the East Indiaman Gotheborg). Höganäs, 1991. 282 pp. Numerous colour plates and b/w drawings. 27x22 cm.
Cloth.
£30.00
The ship Götheborg sank in 1745 on its return from a two year trip to Canton — only 900 metres from its home harbour. Since 1985
divers have been salvaging the porcelain which was its main cargo. This book documents the major pieces and shards found. With a
history of the Swedish East India Company and an account of the final voyage of the Götheborg. In Swedish.
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711 Watanabe Hitoshi: THE AINU ECOSYSTEM. Environment and Group Structure. American Ethnological Society,
Monograph 54. Seattle, 1972. ix, 170 pp. 8 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Numerous tables. 2 folding maps.
£50.00
Bibliography. Appendix with a ‘Short History of Ainu Studies’. 26x20 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
Important ethnographic study of the Ainu based on a decade of field observation and in-depth interviews by a professor of anthropology at the Faculty of Literature, University of Tokyo.
712 Watson, Burton: EARLY CHINESE LITERATURE. New York, 1965. 304 pp. Chronology, index. 23x15 cm.
Cloth.
£20.00
One of the best introductions in English to early Chinese literature, enlivened by many of Watson’s excellent translations.
713 Watson, William: STYLE IN THE ARTS OF CHINA. New York, 1975. 126 pp. 146 b/w illustrations. 22x15 cm.
Cloth.
£20.00
Watson discards the historical approach and uses the categories of hieratic styles, realism, and decorative styles.
714 Watt, James and Wardwell, Anne: WHEN SILK WAS GOLD. Central Asian and Chinese Textiles. New York,
1997. x, 238 pp. 64 objects in many colour & b/w plates. Glossary, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Cloth. £40.00
Excellent catalogue accompanying an exhibition devoted exclusively to luxury silks and embroideries produced in Central Asia and
China from the 8th to the early 15th century, and drawn from objects in the Met and Cleveland Museum. Essay by Morris Rossabi.
715 Wei Chu-hsien: THE CROSSES IN CHINA FROM 3RD-6TH CENTURIES. Hong Kong, 1973. 30, 16 pp.
B/w illustrations and text drawings. 19x13 cm. Paper.
£20.00
Scarce contribution on crosses and pillars in the shapes of crosses in China and their possible connections with early Christianity in
China. Dual text in English and Chinese.
716 Welch, Patricia Bjaaland: CHINESE NEW YEAR. Images of Asia. Oxford, 1997. 96 pp. 18 colour and 14 b/w
illustrations. 19x13 cm. Boards.
£8.99
This complete introduction to the Chinese New Year celebrations, explores its symbols & rituals, tracing their history & meanings.
717 Wheeler, Post: THE SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE JAPANESE. New York, 1952. xlvi, 562 pp. 23x16 cm.
Cloth.
£50.00
Translations of Japanese myths from the Fudoki (Records of Wind and Earth), Kujiki (Narration of Ancient Things), Kojiki (Records
of Ancient Matters), Nihongi (Written Chronicles of Nippon) etc.
718 White, William Charles: BRONZE CULTURE OF ANCIENT CHINA. An Archaeological Study of Bronze
Objects from Northern Honan... Museum Studies, 5. Toronto, 1956. 219 pp. 100 plates, 6 in colour, drawings, maps.
28x21 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Numbered edition of 500 copies. The bronzes date from about 1400 B.C. to 770 B.C. and are preserved in the Royal Ontario Museum.
Hucker 1421. Tear to top of spine. Fine inside. Priced accordingly.
719 Whitfield, Roderick: THE ART OF CENTRAL ASIA 1-3. The Stein Collection in the British Museum. Tokyo,
1982-85. Each volume c.340 pp. 200 colour, 64 b/w illustrations, maps. Bibliography. 38x27 cm. Cloth, boxed.
£1,500.00
A composite set, so priced, of this work in that volume 1 is the Japanese edition with English text supplement whilst volumes 2 and 3
are from the English edition. Records the unparalleled collection of Central Asian objects assembled by Aurel Stein on his expeditions
along the Silk Road showing, in particular, his stunning finds of scrolls, sutras and silk paintings from the hidden library at Dunhuang.
720 Whitfield, Roderick: THE FASCINATION OF NATURE. Plants and Insects in Chinese Painting and Ceramics
of the Yuan Dynasty. Seoul, 1993. 112 pp. text volume. 28 colour and b/w plates. 2 vols. 31x24 cm. Cloth, with
folded scroll in slipcase.
£120.00
In 1321, the until now little-know Yuan dynasty painter, Xie Chufang, painted a scroll accurately depicting the ‘fascinations’ of the natural world in intimate detail. The 6m scroll is reproduced original size and Professor Whitfield explores its significance and influence.
Scarce.
721 Wieger, Leon: A HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHICAL OPINIONS IN
CHINA. from the beginning to the present time. Hien-hien, 1969. 725 pp. Illustrations, appendix, index. 25x17 cm.
Paper.
£45.00
A detailed excellent history of Chinese religions and philosophy from their earliest days, written at the behest of the Institut Catholique
in Paris by the Jesuit missionary in China, Pere Leon Wieger. First English edition — translated by Edward Werner. Paragon reprint.
722 Wilhelm, Richard trans: THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER. A Chinese Book of Life with a European
Commentary by C. G. Jung. London, 1931. ix, 151 pp. Frontispiece and 10 b/w plates. 4 text illustrations. 23x14
cm. Cloth. A few marks to covers.
£45.00
A manual of Taoist yoga attributed to Lü Yen of the 8th century. Scarce copy of first edition, covers somewhat grubby and slightly affected by damp at some stage, insides generally clean with occasional darkening/foxing to edges, hence lower price.
723 Wirgin, Jan ed: BULLETIN OF THE MUSEUM OF FAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES, NO. 63. Stockholm,
1991. 180 pp. 39 colour plates, 73 b/w plates and illustrations. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£32.00
Jan Wirgin: Ming Porcelain in the Collection of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities: Hongwu to Chenghua; David Wang: From
Eclecticism to Syncretism Revaluation of Tung Ch’i-chang’s Two-School Theory; Mette Siggstedt: Chinese Root Furniture.
724 With, Karl: BILDWERKE OST- UND SUDASIENS. Aus der Sammlung Yi Yuan. Basel, 1924. 74 pp. text. 112
plates. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
The collection of Yi Yuan (Eduard von der Heydt) contained many important examples of Chinese and Japanese stone and wood sculptures, and also some pieces of Southeast Asian origin.
725 Wood, Frances with Neil Taylor: BLUE GUIDE — CHINA. Second Edition. London, 2001. 735 pp. B/w
illustrations and maps. Index. 20x12 cm. Paper.
£15.00
A new edition of the guide book packed with practical advice, as well as the cultural and historical information that the visitor needs,
the result of nearly 30 years of travel to China. A must for travellers to China. Second edition.
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726 Woodson, Y. et al: LORDS OF THE SAMURAI. The Legacy of a Daimyo Family. San Francisco, 2009. xviii, 222
pp. Colour plates throughout. 31x24 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco examining the private and public lives of the Samurai feudal lords, known as Daimyo. Illustrates, describes and discusses 166 works from the Hosokawa family collection, loaned from
the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo. Includes armour and weapons, calligraphy, paintings, tea wares, lacquer, masks, musical instruments and more. Illustrated throughout.
727 Woodward, F. L. trans: MANUAL OF A MYSTIC. London, 1916. xxi, 159 pp. 22x14 cm. Half cloth.
‘Being a Translation from the Pali and Sinhalese Work Entitled The Yogavachara’s Manual’.
£35.00
728 Worcester, G. R. G: THE JUNKMAN SMILES. London, 1959. 254 pp. 6 plates and many drawings by the author.
£50.00
23x15 cm. Cloth, dustjacket.
Mr Worcester’s study of the junk, and his interest in the way junkmen and fishermen lived, led him into a series of hair-raising adventures. This fascinating book retells with humour and sympathy some of his observations. A good copy with the dustjacket.
729 Wright S. F. and Braud A. C. E: CODE OF CUSTOMS REGULATION AND PROCEDURE. Maritime Customs
III-Misc. Series No. 44. Shanghai, 1937. xiv, 562 pp. 25x16 cm. Cloth. Tear to bottom of spine.
£45.00
Third edition, revised and enlarged.
730 Wu Ch’eng-en: MONKEY. London, 1944. 306 pp. 22x15 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
731 Wu Ch’eng-en; Arthur Waley trans: MONKEY. London, 1961. 351 pp. 20x13 cm. Paper.
£10.00
Arthur Waley’s competent translation of the travels of Tripitaka based on Xuan Zang’s journey to India to collect Buddhist tracts.
Fourth impression.
732 Wu, Yenna: THE LIONESS ROARS. Shrew Stories from Late Imperial China. Cornell East Asia Series. Ithaca,
1995. 156 pp. Frontispiece. Bibliography, character list. 23X15 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Tales of late imperial feminine wiles by respected writers, translated with annotations.
733 Wylie, Alexander: NOTES ON CHINESE LITERATURE. With Introductory Remarks on the Progressive
Advancement of the Art.... Peking, 1939. xlii, 308 pp. 27x20 cm. Original cloth.
£30.00
A bibliographical introduction to Chinese literature, with an extensive list of Western language translations of Chinese classical, historical and philosophical works. Photolithographic reissue of Shanghai edition (1867). Still a useful reference.
734 Xiao Tong comp: FANGSONG HUKE WENXUAN. (The Fang Song Huke edition of the Anthology of
Literature). 仿宋胡刻文選 。 蕭統 撰. Shanghai, Guangxu period. 60 juan in 14 ce; 10 juan in 2 ce. 16 vols. 21x13
cm. Stitched.
£55.00
Fine, lithographic of the ‘Wenxuan’, based on a well-known ‘Huke’ (carved by Hu) edition in the ‘fang Song’ or Song-style of typography. The ‘Wenxuan’ compiled during the Liang dynasty by Prince Xiao Tong (501-531), is China’s most famous anthology of literature. In Chinese only.
735 XIHAN NANYUE WANG MU. Nanyue King’s Tomb of the Western Han. Beijing, 1991. 530 pp. with numerous
figures. 31 coloured & 24 b/w plates (4-5 objects per plate). 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£95.00
The detailed report of the 1983 excavations at Xianggang, Guangzhou which unearthed a well-preserved and very rich hoard of gravegoods, especially jades, bronzes, etc. Many influenced by the southern cultures of Chu and Yue. Abstract only in English. Full apparatus.
736 XIQING XUJIAN — JIABIAN. (First Supplement to the Imperial Catalogue of Bronzes). Nanjing, 1992. 569 pp.
with reproductions of the original pages and b/w drawings throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
First supplement to Xiqing Gujian, completed in 1793 and originally printed from an MS in the Palace Museum in 1910. Details and
illustrations of 975 pieces. This is a reduced facsimile reprint, showing four original pages per page. Hummel p.503.
737 XIQING XUJIAN — YIBIAN. (Second Supplement to the Imperial Catalogue of Bronzes). Nanjing, 1992. 510
pp. with reproductions of the original pages and b/w drawings throughout. 29x21 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Facsimile reprint of the second supplement to Xiqing Gujian. Illustrates 910 bronze objects in the palace at Mukden, and printed for
the first time in 1931 from a MS in the Palace Museum. This reprint shows 4 original pages per page. Hummel p. 503.
738 XIYANG TONGBANHUA YU ZHONGFA ZHANZHENG. Western Engravings and Etchings and Sino-French
War. 西洋銅版畫與中法戰爭. Fuzhou, 2008. 206 pp. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 28x21 cm.
Wrappers.
£30.00
Reproduces numerous illustrations, primarily from French sources (but also a number from the Illustrated London News) showing
scenes and events from the Sino-French War of 1884-85. List of contents in English, otherwise text in Chinese.
739 Xu Jinfan & Xiong Huan ed: ZHONGGUO JINDAI MINGJIA CAIHUI CIHUA TUDIAN. Canon of Coloured
Ceramic Painting of Famous Artists in Modern China. 中國近代名家彩繪瓷畫圖典 ， 徐錦范、 熊寰 主編.
Shanghai, 2005. 68 pp. text and 220 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Boards.
£60.00
Illustrates over 400 examples of late Qing and Republican ceramics painted by, and with the signatures of, numerous ceramic artists
— both well-known and of little fame. Includes plaques, vases, teapots and many other shapes and forms. In addition to the usual
coloured ceramics, there are a good number of examples of ceramics in the qianjiang palette. 220 pages of colour plates. Captions to
plates in English. Main text in Chinese. A good and useful contribution.
740 Yan Liben: TANG YAN LIBEN BUNING TU. (Yan Liben of the Tang’s Imperial Hand-Carriage Painting).
Beijing, 1959. 1 p. text. 11 plates, 3 in colour. 38x53 cm. Loose in folder.
£35.00
Reproductions of Yan Liben’s famous painting, together with its colophons. In Chinese.
741 Yan Zhitui; Zhou Fagao ed: YAN SHI JIAXUN HUIZHU. (Family Instructions of Mr. Yan, Collected
Annotations). 顏氏家訓彙注 。 顏之推； 周法高 撰輯. Zhongyang Yanjiuyuan Lishi Yuyan Yanjiusuo Zhuankan,
41. Taibei, 1960. 2, 3, 1-69; 70-134; 135-200; 201-333 folded leaves, Chinese-style. 27x16 cm. Stitched, cloth
case.
£40.00
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Scholarly edition with extensive notes and apparatus pertaining in particular to the language of this important text. The ‘Yan Shi Jiaxun’ by Yan Zhitui (531-c. 590) was a well-known example of admonitory writings produced for children. Yan’s was ‘an especially
rich source of information on the society and thought of his times’. In Chinese.
742 Yang Jialuo ed: GUQIAN DACIDIAN. (Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Money). 古錢大辭典 。 楊家駱 主編.
Taibei, 1974. Various paginations. Numerous b/w drawings and rubbings of coins in volumes 1-3. 5 vols. 26x15
cm. Cloth.
£45.00
A facsimile reprint of the 1936 edition of this comprehensive dictionary of ancient Chinese coins. In Chinese.
743 Yang Xiaoneng: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA’S PAST. Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century.
New Haven, 2004. 523; 576 pp. c. 600 illustrations. Maps, plans and drawings 2 vols. 32x25 cm. Cloth. £160.00
The first comprehensive overview in English of the major archaeological discoveries in China during the twentieth century. The first
volume contains essays from scholars world-wide that presents a picture of China’s past derived from a variety of diverse subjects. The
second volume offers a comprehensive yet concise treatment of the most significant archaeological discoveries in China in the last century and also includes recent finds up to the late 1990s. 156 major finds and sites are described. Illustrated throughout in colour and
with drawings and plans. Recommended.
744 Yang Xiaoneng ed: THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY. Celebrated Discoveries from The
People’s Republic of China. Washington, D.C., 1999. 584 pp. 370 colour and 48 b/w plates, 100 line drawings.
Concordance, bibliography, index. 31x24 cm. Paper.
£40.00
Catalogue of the major travelling exhibition, selecting and displaying many of the finest and most illuminating artefacts from Chinese
earliest cultures. With essays by leading scholars in early Chinese art and archaeology. Excavation records of related tombs and sites.
745 Yang Zhengqi: ZHONGGUO SHUHUA ZHUANGBIAO DAQUAN. (Comprehensive Guide to the Mounting
of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting). 中國書畫裝裱大全 。 楊正旗. Ji’nan, 1997. 297 pp. 8 pp. with 23 colour
plates, 201 text figures. Tables, appendixes, index of terms. 27x19 cm. Paper.
£15.00
Detailed guide to the practicalities and art of mounting Chinese art works, with much information on equipment, paper handling, etc.
Would be of great interest to any person or institution involved with the preservation of Chinese materials, especially in scroll form,
but also books. Includes a chapter of annotated selections of historical writings on mounting and preservation. Chinese only.
746 YANGZHOU HUAPAI SHUHUA QUANJI: HUA YAN. (Painters of the Yangzhou School: Hua Yan).
揚州畫派書畫全集 ： 華嵒. Tianjin, 1996. 30 pp. text and 325 pp. colour plates. 38x27 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£110.00
An exquisite compilation of the painting and calligraphy of the Qing painter Hua Yan with 323 works illustrated in fine colour plates.
In Chinese only. Highly recommended.
747 Yip, S. Y. and Grace Wu Bruce: THE DR. S. Y. YIP COLLECTION OF CLASSIC CHINESE FURNITURE
II. Chan Chair and Qin Bench. 攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具. Hong Kong, 1998. 208 pp. 80 pp. of colour plates,
5 folding. 31x29 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£150.00
Beautifully produced catalogue of a most important collection of Chinese furniture. Each piece is photographed, many times from
various angles, and described at length. Volume I also available.
748 Yong Rong ed: SIKU QUANSHU ZONGMU. (Complete Catalogue of the Siku Collection). 四庫全書總目 。
永瑢 撰. Beijing, 1981. 1868, 6 pp. text plus 247 pp. indexes. 2 vols. 25x17 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
This is the most useful guide, including indications of contents, to the monumental collection of literature assembled under the Qianlong Emperor. (It is officially attributed to his 6th son, Yongrong.) Second edition of 1981. In Chinese.
749 Young, Ernest P: THE PRESIDENCY OF YUAN SHIH-K’AI. Liberalism and Dictatorship in Early Republican
China. Ann Arbor, 1977. x, 347 pp. 24x16 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
A detailed study of the first presidency of China, conducted in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the Chinese imperium.
750 Yu Jianhua: ZHONGGUO MEISHUJIA RENMING CIDIAN. (Dictionary of Chinese Artists). Shanghai, 1992.
2,117 pp. Indexes. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£30.00
Comprehensive dictionary of Chinese painters and calligrapher, traditional and contemporary. Index of names and a most useful index
of studio names and sobriquets. A strongly recommended reference tool. Revised edition. In Chinese only. Some damage to bottom of
spine. Priced accordingly.
751 Zebrowski, Mark: GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE FROM MUGHAL INDIA. London, 1997. 344 pp. 650
illustrations, 130 in colour. 29x24 cm. Cloth.
£45.00
The first book on Indian metalwork, reproducing all the great surviving Mughal objects in gold, enamel, silver, brass, bronze, gilt copper and the Deccani alloy known as bidri. The majority have never been published before and are unknown to western connoisseurs.
752 Zhang Huizhi, Shen Qiwei, Liu Dechong et al. comp: ZHONGGUO LIDAI RENMING DA CIDIAN. (A Chinese
Biographical Dictionary). 中國歷代人名大辭典 。 張撝之、 沈起煒、 劉德重 主編. Shanghai, 1999. 297, 11403; 1404-2586, 167 pp. Detailed chronological table, indexes. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Cloth.
£65.00
A huge two-volume biographical dictionary with references to over 54,500 individuals active from pre-Qin times up until the end of
the Qing period. An essential reference work and natural successor to the ‘Zhongguo Renming Da Cidian’. Indexed by stroke count
and the four-corner system. In Chinese only.
753 Zhang Xiaoxia ed: LIANPU DAQUAN. (Collection of Opera Masks). 臉譜大全. Hangzhou, 1996. 69 folded
leaves. 1008 colour lithographed illustrations. 29x20 cm. Stitched. Cloth slipcase.
£30.00
Divided into 8 sections showing different types of opera mask, all the illustrations are numbered and named. A reprint of the 1937 original. Text in Chinese only.
754 Zheng Zhenduo: CHATUBEN ZHONGGUO WENXUESHI. (An Illustrated History of Chinese Literature).
插圖本中國文學史 。 鄭振鐸 著. Hong Kong, 1965. 1-231; 232-471; 472-689; 690-1023 pp. 38; 38; 44; 56 b/w
illustrations. 4 vols. 21x14 cm. Paper.
£25.00
Authoritative illustrated history of literature by one of China’s most prominent scholars and bibliophiles. In Chinese.
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755 ZHONGGUO JIXIANG TU’AN. (Auspicious Chinese Symbols). Taibei, 1987. 16, 3, 10, 671, 22 pp. 16 pp.
colour plates. Full page b/w illustrations throughout. 22x16 cm. Cloth.
£25.00
Illustrates numerous symbols, designs and patterns that have an auspicious significance in Chinese mythology and art.
756 Wu Zhongshao: SUI TANG WUDAI HUIHUA. (Paintings of the Sui, Tang and Five Periods). Zhongguo Meishu
£50.00
Quanji — Huihua 2. Beijing, 1984. 80 pp. text. 167 colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
This second volume in the series deals with the paintings from the Sui, the Tang and the Five Dynasties. Excellent colour plates.
757 Zhongguo Meishudashiji Bianweihui: ZHONGGUO MEISHU DA SHIJI 2006. Chinese Fine Arts Memorabilia.
中國美術大事記 2006 (上下）. Beijing, 2008. 657 pp. Colour plates throughout. 2 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£110.00
A large two-volume work on events happening in the arts world in China during 2006. The first volume contains a month-by-month
listing of events, exhibitions and symposia. The second volume is comprised of plates illustrating works created during the year by various artists. Biographical detail given of each artist. Text in Chinese.
758 ZHONGGUO MINGJIA HUIHUA: REN BONIAN. Paintings by Famous Chinese Masters: Ren Bonian.
中國名家繪畫 ： 任伯年. Beijing, 2009. 15, 168, 12 pp. Full page colour plates throughout. 31x23 cm. Cloth.
£75.00
Part of a series on masters of Chinese painting, this is an excellent monograph on the Qing dynasty Chinese artist, Ren Bonian. Full
page colour plates throughout. Dual texts in Chinese and English including biographical details and chronology plus one page giving Ren Bonian’s reflections on painting. Introductory essay by Gong Chanxing: ‘Giant of the Shanghai School: Ren Bonian’.
759 ZHONGGUO WENWU DINGJI TUDIAN: YIJIPIN. (A Compendium of Classified Chinese Cultural Relics:
Grade One). 中國文物定級圖典 ： 一級品. Shanghai, 1999. 490, 578 pp. Colour plates throughout each volume.
2 vols. 30x22 cm. Cloth.
£180.00
A copiously-illustrated 2 volume compendium of Chinese cultural relics classified, following guidelines from the Chinese Ministry of
Culture, as being Grade One — i.e. of the highest artistic or cultural importance. Parts 1 and 2 both cover pottery and porcelain,
bronzes, painting and calligraphy, gold and silver, works of art, murals and carvings and rubbings. The objects date from across the
centuries and are from archaeological sites and, predominantly, museum holdings in China. Text in Chinese.
760 ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUANJI 18 = LIANHUANHUA 1. (Compendium of Modern Chinese Art
18 = Picture Story Books 1). 中國現代美術全集 十八 。 連環畫 1. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Beijing,
1998. 3, 19, 247, 28 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£55.00
This volume shows a wide selection of the popular genre of the picture story book. High-quality colour and b/w plates. Volume 1 of
2. Part of the huge Zhongguo Fenlei Meishu Quanji series. Text in Chinese only.
761 ZHONGGUO XIANDAI MEISHU QUANJI 19 = LIANHUANHUA 2. (Compendium of Modern Chinese Art
19 = Picture Story Books 2). 中國現代美術全集 十九 。 連環畫 2. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji. Beijing,
1998. 3, 263, 29 pp. Colour and (predominantly) b/w plates throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth, slipcase.
£55.00
762 ZHONGGUO XIYIN ZHUANKE QUANJI 1-2 = XIYIN: SHANG, XIA. (Collection of Chinese Seals and
Seal Carving 1-2 = Seals: Parts 1 and 2). 中國璽印篆刻全集 1—2: 璽印 上、 下. Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji.
Shanghai, 1999. 28, 182, 66; 31, 205, 89 pp. 387 pp. illustrations showing 2811 seals and seal impressions. 2 vols.
30x22 cm. Cloth.
£120.00
Part of the vast ‘Meishu Fenlei’ series this is half of a mini sub-series devoted to seals and seal carving. This two-volume work is devoted to seals which were produced primarily for practical or official purposes, to mark ownership or for bureaucratic authorisations, including imperial seals and marks, from the Qin period to the Qing. In Chinese only.
763 Zhongguo Xizang Budala Gong Guanli Chu ed: BUDALA GONG BIHUA YUANLIU. A Mirror of the Murals
in the Potala. 布達拉宮壁畫源流. Beijing, 2000. 304 pp. c. 210 pp. colour plates. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£160.00
A fine work on the superb Tibetan murals in the Potala in Lhasa. Numerous murals are illustrated in full colour. The murals date from
around 1645 to the early 20th century. A nice addition following the introductions is an actual impression in red ink from a seal used
by the Third Dalai Lama over 400 years ago. Dual texts in English, Tibetan and Chinese. A good visual survey of these important works.
764 Zhou Hongxiang: SHANG YIN DIWANG BENJI. The Imperial Records of Shang-Yin Dynasty. 商殷帝王本記
。 周鴻翔 著. Hong Kong, 1958. 5, 4, 4, 186 pp. Folding genealogical chart. 21x15 cm. Paper.
£25.00
765 Zhou Wu: ZHONGGUO BANHUA SHI TULU. (Illustrated History of Chinese Woodblock Printing). Zhongguo
Meishu Shi Tulu Congshu. Shanghai, 1988. 26, 11 pp. text and 914 pp. b/w illustrations. 2 vols. 27x20 cm. Halfcloth.
£60.00
A most comprehensive gathering of woodblock illustrations from Chinese books of all periods. Chinese text. Stains to cover of the front
cover of Volume One, otherwise fine.
766 Zhou Wu et al: JIAN’AN GU BANHUA. (Old Woodblock Prints from Jian’an). 建安古版畫 。 周蕪 等 編著.
Fuzhou, 1999. 494 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 29x22 cm. Cloth.
£50.00
A broad survey of the woodblock print tradition at Jian’an in Fujian province — a tradition that started in the Song dynasty. This volume shows a large number of Jian’an woodblock prints from the Song dynasty onwards. Copiously illustrated. Text in Chinese.
767 Zou Zongxu: THE LAND WITHIN THE PASSES. A History of Xi’an. London, 1990. 304 pp. 515 illustrations.
33x24 cm. Cloth.
£85.00
Of China’s six ancient cities, Xi’an is the most renowned. Numerous ruins of various imperial palaces, imperial tombs and, perhaps
more notably, the remains of the famous terracotta army, bear witness to its glorious past.
768 Zürcher, E: THE BUDDHIST CONQUEST OF CHINA. The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early
Medieval China. Sinica Leidensia 11. Leiden, 1959. xii, 470 pp. 5 sketch maps. Notes, bibliography, indexes. 2 vols.
25x17 cm. Cloth.
£80.00
The first attempt in a Western language to describe the formative phase of Chinese Buddhism as an integral part of Chinese cultural
history.